<VV> The 1965 Corvair trunk latch?

[Frank DuVal]

The primary catch has a spring inside the latch assembly. The secondary, 
or safety, catch has an external spring wound around a round protrusion 
on the front (when installed) side of the latch assembly. With the 
exposed spring removed (like the one on the 65 convertible inside my 
garage [which is not the car of the story previously published, so it 
must be a common problem in these parts]) the primary catch still works 
fine, just the secondary catch stays in its retracted (or useless) position.

This external spring looks similar to the secondary spring on many front 
engine latch type cars.

I would check my early cars to see how they operate, but they are 
currently under 2" of new falling snow. Just a flurry they said....  
Been steady since before 10 AM.

Frank DuVal

Bryan Blackwell wrote:

>I'm pretty sure there's only one spring (I checked the wagon, that's  
>how it is).  If you have one spring it's correct - the secondary catch  
>is opened by the key, unlike a front engined car.
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>--Bryan
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>On Dec 5, 2009, at 12:51 AM, Arlette Carl wrote:
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>>My painter believes the trunk latch which bolts on the inside of the  
>>trunk is missing a spring that controls the second (safety) catch.
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