47-55.1 Factory screw up on inner door latch handles.

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Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

Chevy originally did have the door relay bar horizontal in the recess, maybe 47-48? They moved them up at the goofy angle when they switched the door handle rotation direction because too many people were inadvertently opening doors and falling out of the cab.

Like Matt_50 said, I retrofitted some mid-60's Chevy PU relays into mine. Minor mods required, but it keeps them in the horizontal recess and stops them from making bulges in your door cards.

I agree this is a very early thing. I have found a few in the last 40 years and usually on the 47 year trucks. I once had a customer that wanted a pair of the recess controls . I had one and hunted for days to find a left. Finally rebuilt the other one off the same truck. Not really sure why GM went away from these . As in the picture above it is so much cleaner than the angle control . Rare but out there in very limited numbers.