Door Handle Modification

[Steve@OldSub.com]

Originally Posted by winchster

I want pushbuttons with bear claw latches.

The bear claw latches is kind of an important detail.

You're going to be figuring out how to make the mechanism inside the door work regardless of what doors you use, and you're going to be changing the striker plate to match the bear claws.

I think with those assumptions you might as well just put '52 up pushbutton handles on your early doors. Changing to later doors only saves you drilling the holes to mount the handles and filling the lock hole on the passenger side.

[winchster]

Originally Posted by Steve@OldSub.com

The bear claw latches is kind of an important detail.

I said so in the original post. My main concern, and I obviously screwed this up, was are the doors physically the same except for the hardware.

Thanks for all the input guys, anybody got any details on how to make the pushbuttons work with bear claws?

[BlueJeep]

I'm working on doing bear claws in mine right now, but I'm trying to keep the turn down handles with them. If I can't make that work, I'll switch to the pushbutton style and do it with them. If you're capable of doing the fab for the bear claws, switching handles is no big deal. Search for bearclaws on this site and you'll come up with a couple different ways of doing it with pushbuttons...one was Houston54's. Handles are also the same through the TF series, so that opens up your search criteria a bit for used handles.

[Steve@OldSub.com]

Originally Posted by BlueJeep

Handles are also the same through the TF series

I think they are actually the same through '66 aren't they?

[dwcsr]

Originally Posted by Steve@OldSub.com

I think they are actually the same through '66 aren't they?

I know 52 to 59 are the same, to 66 looks the same but I have a different part number for them

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by Steve@OldSub.com

I think they are actually the same through '66 aren't they?

very old thread

RIP steve

[mongocanfly]

Martin, you made mention of using a 54-55 1pc windshield...I'm sure you know there's a difference in the cab sheetmetal around the windshield...pre54 has a little crown...post54 is smooth....nothing that couldn't be modded and overcome though...

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

Martin, you made mention of using a 54-55 1pc windshield...I'm sure you know there's a difference in the cab sheetmetal around the windshield...pre54 has a little crown...post54 is smooth....nothing that couldn't be modded and overcome though...

Yeah, thanks, I know that. It would be a piece of cake compared to the other mods! Hell, I even thought of a chopped wrap around like a 55 2nd series or something like that, just to get that Motorama look but I have decided against going that far.

But honestly I don't think I can do it, then it wouldn't be "my truck" at all, you know what I mean?

Brian