I need a main door latch for a Westy DU-144

[SIGNGUY]

Customer brought me a Westy DU-144 to restore... holy cow they are big and heavy!
he is missing the complete door latch... it looks like a rather simple item? but have never seen one? 

anyone have a  DU-144 they could shoot me photos of the door latch?  or have an extra door latch they would sell??

Thanks
John

[collecture]

Can't help John - sorry!
But when you are done with it, I am sure Jim would like a photo for the website!

[SIGNGUY]

Thanks Tom,

I am sure someone here has to have a Westy DU 144?  hope to at least see a good photo.. the ones on the old Interweb are not good enough to make it out.

[Jim]

But when you are done with it, I am sure Jim would like a photo for the website!

Absolutely ! ! !

[MoonDawg]

     John, you should post a picture of where the latch would have mounted and what the reciever looks like.
Could it be possible other Westinghouse latches would work?

[tkaz]

This thread has a couple photos that might help, I'll see what else I can dig up: http://soda-machines.com/discussions/index.php/topic,5766.0.html

I did a google search on "cabinet handle lock" and came up with some that look somewhat similar, not sure if you'd need it to lock or not, would probably take some modifying to get it right.

[SIGNGUY]

Still looking for an original Main door Lock or at least photos of what the original looks like..
someone has to have one of these laying around in parts?

I'm still looking into alternative options as well.  will post photos of it later.. so maybe we (collectively) can come up with a concept.

Thanks
John

[jholmgren]

This is about the best pic I've been able to locate.  Looks like a pretty simple handle.

[SIGNGUY]

yep looks simple, but I'm not a good fabricator... would like to find one I can just install ,