Steve, You should be able to remove the rear seatback and gain access to
the trunk where a little fiddling with the mechanism should open it (take
a flashlight). If you can't sqeeze through the opening, a small child
should be able to help. Sadly, they become much less usefull the larger
they get.
-mel (in soon to be rainy OR)
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Steve Dennison wrote:
> I've been reading about the stuck door latch and now I need suggestions
> about what to do about a stuck trunk latch on a '57 Plymouth. I can just
> barely reach through a hole in the floor to the back of the latch with a
> tool but I don't know how to get it open from there. I also have another
> '57 Plymouth with no holes in the floor and the trunk may even be
> locked. No keys and it's been sitting out for a long time. Anyone have
> any ideas about how to cause the least or hopefully no damage. Thanks,
> -Steve
>
--
Mel Lester Jr. meljr@ConNet80.com http://www.connet80.com/~meljr
"Ubi non accusator, ibi non judex."
(Where there is no police, there is no speed limit.)
-- Roman Law, trans. Petr Beckmann (1971)
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