Door handles 3000m

[plasticpig72]

Does someone know where the LOCKING door handles come from on a 3000m PASSENGER SIDE.
I get a bit tired of stretching across to lock or unlock from the inside.
Surely for export cars there were locking handles on the left door.
Alan

[nwarner]

My 3000S has the key on both sides, same as the Ford Capri which of course was 2 door. I presume yours must be a Cortina rear passenger door on your M.

Nige

[plasticpig72]

Hi Nige,
on my 3000m the driver's door handle has the Key hole in the round button. On passenger side no Key hole. This was the same on my 1600m which i sold. On the "M"s it is a different handle than used on 3000s or Taimar cars.
Maybe the "M"s it is ford cortina
Alan

[GAjon]

Mine are Cortina Mk1 handles.
It’s not something I’ve done, but surely it must be possible to just change out the push button from a blank one to a keyed one using the same handle.

Perhaps??

[timelord]

Early M series door handles were Mk2 Cortina, the push buttons can be changed to locking type, held in by a circlip once the outer handle is removed

[nwarner]

plasticpig72 said:

Hi Nige,
on my 3000m the driver's door handle has the Key hole in the round button. On passenger side no Key hole. This was the same on my 1600m which i sold. On the "M"s it is a different handle than used on 3000s or Taimar cars.
Maybe the "M"s it is ford cortina
Alan

Sorry assumed, wrongly, that they would be the same as the S and Taimar, I should have checked. As Colin says they're easy enough to change if you can find one.

Nige