Imperial Car Club Forum

You might figure it out but I will add that in the middle picture, the rear of the door is to the right side of the picture, the door skin is at the bottom.

Big help!!!
I had sorta visualized something like your photo shows for holding the lock into the door. I am confused as to the location of the oval hole and the round hole. Good to see that your door does not agree with the service manual either. I am guessing the photo you took is of the retainer in the "retained" position? Will be back at it Monday and see if I can make something work.

Yes, the retainer is in the retained position. I was back at that property today so I figured I'd get a couple more pictures. A bigger view of both access holes and hopefully a better visual of the angle needed to reach the retainer. Sorry the last picture is sideways, now the rear of the door is at the bottom of the picture. I tried to turn the picture but it would only go 180 degrees, not 90 degrees, I'm not great when it comes to this type of technology. As you can see, a tool with a hook would be the best for moving the retainer. 66 years of being in the same spot will make it difficult to move also.

Big Help! I am now ready to tackle it with aggressive action!

Gamble and lose. After pulling the glove compartment lock and having a key made for it, the key does not unlock the trunk. Short on time but will try more forcing it and lubing it. So far it looks like I wasted $96 having a key made for the globe box. I WAS trying to go counterclockwise to unlock despite the instructions above that I need to turn it CLOCKWISE to unlock. More later.

Can you pull the back seat in these to gain access to the trunk?

That is a bummer the glove box key doesn't want to unlock the trunk.

These cars have the air conditioning unit mounted in the trunk and his is factory a/c, no access that way.