57249 just purchased

You say the door locks don't work? Do you hear the central locking attempt to work then fail? If so, take a look at your door alignment. One of the first signs of a sagging door is an impinged latch. I started out having a intermittent door-lock issue, which became constant, and then progressed to the point where the passenger door actually opened while I was driving (!). Fortunately, my wife was good enough to hold it shut till we got home, and didn't give me too much grief over it after the fact.

The upshot is, I found a good bodyman that specializes in Italian stuff and he fixed it while I waited. Didn't even have to replace the hinge pin. No problem since and the lock works great again.

He related to me that this is extremely common with this cars, especially on the passenger side, as people tend to lever themselves in and out of the low seat by pushing down on the door.

By the way, congrats on your purchase. I have an '85 as well. 56317, manufactured in February. When was yours built, by the way?

Happy trails.

 

Welcome, post a picture.

 

we are all waiting for pictures!

ciao

 

Another happy new owner, congrats and take good care of her

 

Congratulations! Double check that the plastic lock knobs are not screwed down too far on their respective posts. This can cause them to bind preventing locking.

 

Congrats - looks a lot like my car (84 QV). Where are you located? Best of luck!