no problem, just saying the locks were like that on all trucks up to the 60s, no actual explanation, lots of speculation .... try searching "door lock" [with the quotes] - most threads will be in the doors and general forums

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
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