It sounds like the guts of your latch mechanism is worn, or if you are lucky, gummed up. I had to totally disassemble my drivers side one and tig-weld badly worn pieces to replace missing metal. I used the passenger side latch as a template to know what things are supposed to look like as the passenger door is generally not subject to as much use and abuse. It was a very challenging but rewarding experience!


1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission