55 Shaved handle problems

Question. Hot roddin my 55 pontiac cheiftain and Im thinkn of shaving the handles off b/c Ive always wanted to do it. I understand the whole set up, but when it comes to intsalling the door poppers, Im at a bit of a loss. Pontiac door jams are just like chevys, but if you look at them, there is no, I mean no place to mount the poppers to the body. So how do I get the doors to kick past the locks?
I know Im not the first person in the world to shave a 55. How do I fix this? Anyone out there in radio land have any suggestions? Pictures would help, or if you know of a different way of getting the doors to clear the locks so I dont have to keep poping them over and over.

 

a friend of mine shaved his handles and installed new weatherstripping instead of poppers , i thought he was crazy but believe it or not the new weatherstripping made the difference and pushes the door open every time , its been on the road about 10 years and still is cushy enough to push them open . but i'm sure there's much better ways just a thought !

 

Well apparently not, judging by the responses. Thanks.

 

Years ago on my 55 Chevy, I used one coil off an old valve spring screwed to the door jamb. Popped the doors just fine.
Ol Blue

 

Like dirtbag said, you dont need the popers. New rubber is all it takes. I know you want to install the popers, there is no reason to drill a hole and have those janky popers sticking out of the door jam. I repeat: just buy new door seals.

 

....Or some 1" spring steel formed into a "U" shape attached with double-face tape to the hinge part of the jamb. Works on my '55!

 

I did my '56 Star Chief a couple years ago. I used new seals but if the car was parked on an angle, sometimes that wasn't enough. I ended up using the poppers up in the forward door jamb by the light switch. Works great!

 

My poppers are threaded. Try turning them out. Had the same problem on my daily. After enough closes they threaded themselves back in.

 

My '55 was a little balky with my set-up, so here is what I just did. You know the rubber bumpers that are on the jamb part of the door approx. 12" up from the bottom of the door? I cut up some thick (1/2") foam rubber strips, and double-face taped them to the door, where the door would rest against the rubber bumper. They compress enough to not interfere with the fitment of the door when shut, and enough to push the door open when your latch is released. This is a simple, quick, and easy job!

 

New weatherstripping does the trick on the wagon.

 

Half a valve spring welded to hinge plate.