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| | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 | Anybody installed these on their A.D.? Were they difficult to install or do they just bolt on?
Robert C. If it's true what they say, "You learn from your mistakes," I'm a Genius in the making. 1950 3600 | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 | I have never installed them,but I would like to have a set installed on my 55. They are welded in,and from what I have been able to find out it is quite a job.I know there are a couple of guys on this site who have installed them.I would like to find a set of bolt in latches simalar to the Bear Claws.It is just about impossible to get the original latches adjusted properly on my 55. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 610 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 610 | i installed them on my 52 but i installed them backwards. the bolt is on the door and the latch is in the door jamb. makes for a clean install, but i did mine that way because i was using door poppers. as far as putting them in the normal way, ive seen many threads about this and a search would reveal them. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 52 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 52 |
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 | ambear,that looks like a no weld installation.I am not interested in a power setup just a manual one.If I could get a kit that I could install without welding them in I just might give it a try.Any help or advice would be appteciated. Dale | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 549 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 549 | For what it's worth, I just put a new stock latches in my '58 for about $60.00. Made a huge difference.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 586 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 586 | I installed Bear Claw latches on my 32 F@rd, 3 window coupe, and yes they were a Bear to install. They did work well after that.
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