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11-17-2011, 04:16 PM | #26 |
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Re: Interior Door Handle Orientation
Well, if they were at the 7:00 position you would be pushing down to open and pull up to lock...correct?
Damn, why do I get caught up in trying to solve these little items. I think seeing one recently in a dvd of Bridges of Madison County got me started thinking this way!
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11-17-2011, 04:20 PM | #27 | |
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11-17-2011, 04:24 PM | #28 |
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Re: Interior Door Handle Orientation
from memory, i think all my dad's 64-66 trucks were the same as yours...my '66 has them the same way, however i had to switch the driver's door handle because it was facing horizontal/rearward...like someone else mentioned, i guess you just put them however fits your needs/likes the best....on a funny note, my wife always gets confused opening the doors
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11-17-2011, 04:58 PM | #29 |
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Re: Interior Door Handle Orientation
I wonder if it was a factory difference-all the 64-66 pickups I've messed with have had them @2:00 position(one was my 78K survivor), my burb had them horizontal. Pickups all from St Louis plant, burb from Fremont.
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11-17-2011, 05:24 PM | #30 | ||
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If so that would make sense ,and yes the mechanical device's to lock and open are diffrent, and why on 60-63 the door handle face's down and on 64-66 it face's forward, if on my 66 i had it like your 60-63 it would be akward to open and lock the door and most likely akward for you if you had it the 64-66 way! This might be another diffrence between the years if you confirm the way you open and lock yours?
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11-17-2011, 05:40 PM | #31 | |
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11-17-2011, 05:51 PM | #32 |
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Re: Interior Door Handle Orientation
You may be on to something... like the plant-specific firewall color issue. I would like to see more factory literature/images to see if that stuff is consistent. Seems to me the early trucks (60-63) had the handles down and slightly rearward (clocking changes per side), and the later model literature shows the same.. which would be different from my Fremont trucks, unless coincidentally, they both have been moved to the exact same incorrect position. Hmmm, not likely. ...We are not done with this yet.
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11-17-2011, 06:32 PM | #33 | |
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Re: Interior Door Handle Orientation
Yes your marked up photo shows how my truck handle operates. Pull back to open, forward to lock. I think this is the answer to the different handle orientation. 60-63 is probably one way and the 64-66 is opposite. I'm always amazed to find there is something new to learn on here.
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11-17-2011, 06:48 PM | #34 |
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Let's remember that these are artist renderings, from what I've seen of GM illustrations they borrow from the past, therefore the interior drawing of the 64-66 might just be an upgrade from the previous 60-63 years and not necessarily representing what was going out the production plant door .
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11-17-2011, 07:06 PM | #35 | |
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11-17-2011, 07:07 PM | #36 |
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Wow, I think I learned 2 things -
1. My handles are "Custom-Oriented" (2:30 position) 2. There's a locking option from the inside. I never knew that you could push the handle to lock from inside.
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11-17-2011, 07:30 PM | #37 | |
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11-17-2011, 07:31 PM | #38 |
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Go Go Gadget Door!
I think they look better this way.
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11-18-2011, 11:14 AM | #39 | |
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After that, I am not sure! I can tell you I will be experimenting a bit.
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