$0.02 Two Second Emergency Trunk Release

[Stick]

I recently read through some posts on the site about locks breaking and accidentally leaving keys in the trunk and closing it. Some folks drilled holes, made special wire tools and in some cases took days to solve. It made me nervous about having it happen to me, so I opened it up and looked at how the key interacted with the release mechanism.

I just took a zip tie and fastened it to the release arm, pulled tight on itself and pointed the excess cable (basically the whole thing) and routed it straight down through the existing hole for the fuel tank vent. The vent tube that I have fits pretty snug in the hole so the zip tie stays put and protrudes out the bottom about 2 inches.

Just a slight tug on the zip tie from underneath releases the trunk. Always there when you need it and inconspicuous to the unknowing eye!

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[Gregs672000]

Perfect image... had this for years... used it often! Highly recommended!

[spl310]

While this is a great addition, early cars don't have the drain hole.

[Gregs672000]

While this is a great addition, early cars don't have the drain hole.

I didn't think so... I had drilled my own...

[Stick]

While this is a great addition, early cars don't have the drain hole.

I didn't realize that.
It's a pretty good piece of mind for an "emergency"

[datsun1500]

I’d bet 50% of the Roadsters you see have a wire attached. Go to Solvang, no one uses a key to open the trunk

[fairlane292]

I recently read through some posts on the site about locks breaking and accidentally leaving keys in the trunk and closing it. Some folks drilled holes, made special wire tools and in some cases took days to solve. It made me nervous about having it happen to me, so I opened it up and looked at how the key interacted with the release mechanism.

I just took a zip tie and fastened it to the release arm, pulled tight on itself and pointed the excess cable (basically the whole thing) and routed it straight down through the existing hole for the fuel tank vent. The vent tube that I have fits pretty snug in the hole so the zip tie stays put and protrudes out the bottom about 2 inches.

Just a slight tug on the zip tie from underneath releases the trunk. Always there when you need it and inconspicuous to the unknowing eye!

trunk release.jpeg

Very cool. Thanks!

[Alvin]

I’d bet 50% of the Roadsters you see have a wire attached. Go to Solvang, no one uses a key to open the trunk

LOVE THIS!
Never use the key.

[Nissanman]

I don't have a key that fits the boot lock so it is the wire tug for me as well

[fivendime]

There was a rubber boot with a drain hose attached to the trunk lock cylinder on approximately mid 1968 and up cars that dispursed any water or moisture that got in there. that is what that hole with the grommet was originally used for.