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| | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 384 | Why is the locking door on the passenger side? And, how is the other door supposed to be locked? I assume you lock it from the inside, but mine has no hardware to do it. How is it supposed to be? Thanks - scott
55 1st Chev.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 506 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 506 | Lock on pass side and none on other was GM's way of keeping you alive back in the day. You could only access the truck if the doors were locked from the curb side where there was a key lock on the handle.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 234 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2000 Posts: 234 | It was the law back in the day - in the cities you had to enter/exit your car from the passenger side. That way you couldn't throw your door open into traffic, or get run over by a horse and carriage. So a lock on the drivers side didn't make sense, and leaving it off saved money.
-Boyo
'48 Willys CJ-2A / '55.1 Chevy 3600 / '66 Austin-Healey 3000 / '04 Volvo wagon (parenthood!?)
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 40 Member | | Member Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 40 | Thanks for asking this one... I always thought on mine that it had been hit on the passenger's side and the door had been replaced. Nice to know it's actually meant to be that way.
Boyo, you going to the Old Car & Truck Show in Placerville this weekend?
'48 Chevy 3/4ton 5 Window Deluxe
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 804 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 804 | Though I never did it and I now are changing to "bear claw" type latches, I figured out a way to make the left door accept a lock. If you get one of the latches in your hands you can see that the part that "accepts" the lock cylinder actuator rod is there. The problem is it doesn't have a hole in it. I was going to pull the latch apart and make the hole in that piece and them mount a lock cylinder in the door, viola, outside locking drivers door.
1948 Chevy Pickup
Chopped and sectioned
owned since 1974 when I was 15.
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 247 Member | | Member Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 247 | I think there are a couple vendors out there that have the dual door lock setups that you can buy if you are lazy... | | |
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