47 outside door handle won’t open the door, now.

[Kelly Burns]

I bought my ‘47 in October, and the other day, for some reason, I decided to look the driver’s side door. It was only hard to turn the key, but not enough to “force it”, if that makes sense. It was enough that I thought to try to unlock it, and I can’t, and I’ve use more force than it too to lock it. I’ve not leaned really hard, I didn’t want to break the key off or something else. But not the door is locked, I can still open it from the inside without any problem. I called the guy I bought it from, his dad had owned it since ‘86, and he said he did think the door had ever been locked, while he had it.

What advice do you have for me to get the door unlocked? I’ve not tried spraying silicon spray or WD-40 in the lock yet, which my first thought was it’s dirty inside?

Thanks for your help!