47-59 *Door Is Starting To Really Tick My Off*

[jweb]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

your latches were worn out 20 years ago, maybe even 40 years ago
i'd buy new latches and strikers and be done with it, the repops are actually quite good
a lot of guys look at altman or bearclaw at this point, when new latches are all you need

for many years we didn't have a choice of buying the repop latches
i put a set on truck 10 years ago and have never had an issue or unlatch

Unfortunately the repop latches for 47-51 trucks aren't so great. I have tried several on my truck and they were never quite right. I recently replaced the passenger side with a NOS latch and it closes like my Silverado. I wish I could find one for the drivers side.

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by jweb

Unfortunately the repop latches for 47-51 trucks aren't so great. I have tried several on my truck and they were never quite right. I recently replaced the passenger side with a NOS latch and it closes like my Silverado. I wish I could find one for the drivers side.

yeah no one reputable has carried the 47-51 latches for a while, only place I can still find them is ebay and the reviews are terrible.

everyone who walks in my storage sees all the 47-51 doors and asks to buy latches, just latches, at pennies on the dollar, we are talking 10 bucks each. glad I am not storing that stuff outside yet.

zippi I wonder what is going on with your truck, its a 49 (outside cowl) with 52+ pushbutton handles but one piece glass. thats a lot of work, even just to install pushbutton handles, a few guys in the project forums have done variations of that, 52 doors with wings on a 47-51 cab, or just adding pushbutton handles to 47-51 doors. but I think yours may be the first with one piec window conversion (which isnt easy, you need all the parts of both doors if I remember)

definitely keep us updated on what you find

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by jweb

I'm not sure if it causes a problem , since you have '52 doors the latches and striker plates are different.

Great catch; I didn't notice that the OP added that information later.

I also have '52 doors on a '49 cab. I posted a thread on how I modified the late strikers (push-button handle) to fit the early cab (pull-down handle):

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=764691

[Zippi]

Thanks for all the info guys. Correct me if I'm wrong. Looks like I have 49 striker plates and 52 latches???

[jweb]

Originally Posted by Zippi

Thanks for all the info guys. Correct me if I'm wrong. Looks like I have 49 striker plates and 52 latches???

That’s correct, you will need to make some strikers like Miracle pie showed for your doors to work right.