| Special latch
The latch that was used that year, was only for that year from what I have found (but could be wrong). It was a "brushed steel" latch that was about 1 1/4" x 1 1/2" with a latch that lifted up releasing the locking mech. inside. The latch was attached to the cabinet door with the small "L" shape stricker that stuck out forward on the cabnet rail. Trying to find them is like finding hens teeth. Every now and again you see one on eBay. They are a great looking latch, sad it was only used for one year. I looke don the web site from the other post, I did not see them. This very latch is the reason I own 3 1966 Airstreams! It was a very "classy" looking latch!
The photo above was used on trailers from 1967 (top/bottom cabinets), up into the 1970 (for bottom cabinets, top was Tambor, 1971 both top and bottom was tambor)
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