Thanks 1owner69elan. Unfortunately this wont work on my glove box as I have a lock hole cut out in the glove box door with a locking mechanism in it. I wonder if the lock was an “option” for this model year car?
Nope it’s for a glovebox without lock…
So Lotus offered glovebox door with and without the lock?
Glen I believe the lock was a late federal car thing…
…as on my '68 Plus2…
John 
My 67 S3 came with a lock, but it may have been added by a previous owner. Not a lot of help, really 
My federal '70 Plus 2 has the Tuch Lock.
I always thought the key lock was an open DHC car thing for security and the tutch latch a FHC and Plus 2 thing as security was not needed but this is Lotus so maybe they just went on at random
cheers
Rohan
Sprint not fitted with a lock on the DHC.
This must have been an S4 thing?
Guys, again this is a later Federal thing… Federal = USA & possibly Canada.
My 1967 UK S3 coupe has alway had a lock on the glove box.
Ne glove box behind it at present 
My 1971 federal +2S has a locking glove box door.
mmmmm sounds more and more like a random Lotus thing to me
cheers
Rohan
Thanks for all your responses on the glove box lock. One more question, is the key for the glovebox lock a separate key from the ignition or the door?
on my federal S4, one key opens all locks and the other one do not open the glove box (nor the trunk I think) ; they can be distinguished by a small difference in pattern.
Glen,
The ignition, door and glove box keys are completely different (very different blanks) for my federal +2S, I’ll take a photo tonight.
Russ
by plenty of tinkering I’ve managed to " key " all 6 locks…
John
I think that originally the same key fitted the boot and the glove box; ignition+doors was a different key.
That’s what you would want when you entrust the hotel parking employee to put your car in the hotel garage. 
You give him only the ignition key (which would also open the doors.)
LONG AGO I changed the barrels on my door locks for double-sided keys normally used in security filing cabinets (from RadioSpares -- Farnell) These were splendid because the police do not have these keys on their big bunches of keys and on at least one occasion allowed me to rescue my car from them before they impounded it for overstaying my parking time. :sunglasses:It took me a week to find an actual lock smith shop that does auto lock work. Seems everyone has a mobile business and operates out of a van. All these companies weren’t interested in fitting the lock cylinder to a key of a 50 year old English car.
Went to this small shop in Trenton NJ that has been in the same place for 30 years. Nice guy who said he can fix or repair anything mechanical. Not good with computers or electronics.
I showed him my glove box lock and the two keys I had that came with it that won’t open the lock. Took them into his shop and 2 minutes later said, these aren’t the right keys, got anymore? Nope. That is what I have. He said he could cut a new one from his stock (was for a Fiat) and would be able to cut one of the old ones to fit. 10 minutes later and $25 poorer I had a glove box lock and keys that work.
I’ve been away from working on the Elan S4 for a couple of weeks (other commitments and travel) so I was eager to get going again on finishing the rebuild. Nothing like a full day in the garage !
Drew and I had planned working on the car today a couple of weeks ago so we had our schedule set. I woke up this morning to 50mph+ winds howling outside and the power flickering off and on. Well I thought, this will make it interesting. I expected many trees down as it had been raining so I had low expectations the day would turn out as I was hoping. Luckily I only had small tree limbs come down, nothing major.
Drew and I went thru the “items to be done list” I had written a couple of weeks ago so we wouldn’t forget. Top of the list was re-installing the rebuilt generator and lowering the radiator mounts.
The generator needed rebuilding as it wasn’t charging the battery. We had a company that specializes in this rebuild it. The install was easy.
Next was the lowering of the radiator. When we tried the installation of the bonnet a couple of weeks ago it was apparent the radiator was sitting too high and the radiator cap was preventing the bonnet from closing. We loosened some bolts on the brackets and adjusted the radiator making sure it was level. Placed the bonnet back on and everything fit perfectly.
I had the glove box lock rekeyed so I reinstalled the lock. All worked fine. The bracket that holds the clasp catch for the door will come next, but I media blasted it and started to paint it black so I’ll install next week.
Needed to install the tie rod boots as they had been eaten away by mice when the car was in storage. Removed the tie rods, made sure they were packed with grease and installed the boots.
During the test drive a couple of weeks ago it was apparent the clutch needed a bit of adjustment. I had thought we should bleed the master cylinder and slave. Drew wanted to look inside the bell housing first. Guess what? The main spring for the throw our bearing arm had come off. We both wondered how that had happened as we had installed a new one. Drew thought he could reattach it inside the bell housing…I was planning on another engine removal. I’ve got to say, Drew doesn’t give up easy. I had a fiber optic flashlight so he could work through the opening in the bell housing and we fabricated some tools from long screw drivers that we cut and bent with a torch. After many tries and some not so nice words, success!
Gotta hand it to Drew, he persevered and it paid off!
We moved to the front of the car and decided to tackle the fiberglass repair that we had been ignoring during the entire rebuild. When I bought the car there was a small hole in the lower left bottom cowl of the car. I knew this was not a bondo job so I purchased a fiberglass repair kit. As in all fiberglass repairs, the prep of the area is the key to success (I have owned a number of fiberglass sailboats boats in my life, I know what I’m in store for with this repair). We masked and wet sanded the area down, outside and inside the area. Will leave it to dry until next week and then start the fiberglass repair for this area.
Our friend Ed came over to see what we were up to. He has been following the posts and is the midst of finishing up work with a friend of his on a yellow '68 Elan Coupe that is for sale. We discussed all things Elan while Ed inspected our work (a number of times). I think he was impressed with our Elan and the detail of the work done, at least he said so
Drew and I agreed on next weekends objectives and we believe we are getting very close to completion. Great! Spring is here and sports car driving season is almost upon us !
This car will be for sale in a couple of weeks. If your interested let me know.