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Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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| | | | Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 6 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 6 | I bought a Chev BK pickup and would like to restore as new with the original type handles.
I know it's a long shot, but does anyone know of a source for repopped plastic inside door handles? Is it possible to rebuild them? Thanks, Don | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 |
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 2,074 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 2,074 | I've seen a few plastic ones, but were just about completely gone with only a few bits of plastic hanging on. Not much demand for this item so doubt they would be reproduced. I'd just paint the pot metal ones to look like the plastic. I know of some military trucks that have been restored but very rare and had some odd parts. One had a huge glove box made of steel.
Seen also outside door handles that were stamped steel vs. pot metal.
Best of luck | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | | | | Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 6 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 6 | Thanks for the replies. Yes,Indeed I have a 1942 half-ton Chevrolet pickup made when there was a rubber shortage: (leather gas tank fill pipe seal), lead shortage (cab posts have a weld bead where they should be leaded), chromium shortage(painted trim) and aluminum shortage (steel Id plate).Most people would just put all new shiny parts in it. I want it as it was. I believe one of my exterior door handles is pressed steel instead of potmetal. It's just so weird. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 457 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 457 | dynodon, keep it original, as there are lots of modified trucks out there...and you have a unique bit of history there!
We all love pictures, so start posting! Good luck.
1940 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup "KC"
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