[Healeys] Healeys Digest, Vol 19, Issue 11

Mon Feb 2 00:07:51 MST 2026

Hello

Yes the early BN4s had a lockable door on the driver's door on LHD cars. The lock was also there on RHD cars, but was located on the passenger side.

It's the same lock as fitted to the Jowett Javelin, but a mirror image.

Interesting 1950s thinking.

Hoo Roo

Patrick Quinn
Blue Mountains, Australia

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I seem to remember the early  sixes having a  lock on the drivers side door.  This seems to  be  a waste except for the people to stupit to  go the other side of the car.

Roger
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   1. Lockable door on BJ7 (Leonard Berkowitz)
   2. Re: Lockable door on BJ7 (HealeyRick)

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:07:57 +0000
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My BJ7, which I have owned since 1984,  had lockable door handles with push buttons. When I restored the car in the early 1990?s I had the original door handles reinstalled. I was told that the push buttons were wrong and I wanted my car to be more original. If I remember correctly the conversion was not a major big deal.

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Lockable doors don't seem to be much of a theft deterrent. Having lived in
Boston for many years in the age of British sports cars, I saw plenty with
broken vent windows or slashed convertible tops that defeated locked doors.
Maybe putting a tracker in the car and an ignition cutoff might be more
effective

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> My BJ7, which I have owned since 1984,  had lockable door handles with
> push buttons. When I restored the car in the early 1990?s I had the
> original door handles reinstalled. I was told that the push buttons were
> wrong and I wanted my car to be more original. If I remember correctly the
> conversion was not a major big deal.
>
> Len Berkowitz
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