These locking door handles will fit IHC K Models and early 40's fords, I THINK??,all the measurements are available at the link. http://www.ebay.com/itm/110931413391?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
This was an old thread come back to life. But it helped me. For the 55 Chevy One Ton Camper I just bought is that way and I was thinking what Dumb Shit put the lock on the wrong door?? Guess I was the Dumb one...
My 37 Chevy p/u only has the lock on the pass side,the cab is too small for my big ass to slide out the pass side so I have to get out and lock the drivers door from the pass side and then lock the pass side door.
I have also noticed when watching old movies on TCM that people slide across the seat to get in and out on the passenger side. Always see someone in a hurry to get somewhere and they jump in the pass. side and slide over.
Left hand drive down under? I thought the wheel was on the right for those folk lol Sent from my DROID device using the TJJ mobile app
Hell I did this twice in one weekend. AAA loved me. Stupid lock kept popping forward by itself. Lol Keepin a dead thread going... Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
'37 International D300 Cab Over took it to another level. Driver door opened at rear with interior locking handle. Passenger side door opens at front and has a key slot. Check this out.
Buy an Australian left hand cab door, they had locks in them. Then you have a keyed cylinder in both doors.
Why only one lock? Because it was half the price of providing TWO locks! Like Ben Franklin said, " Mind the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves".
I have been daily driving my 56 Chevy pickup for 14 years, When I first built it I swapped the guts with the tumbler to the drivers door, The key is upside down but I don't give a shit...It works. It's the rusty work horse in the background of my avatar.
My '29AA has the key on the passenger's side, the locking driver's door by moving the lever toward the B pillar. I'm just glad it has latches that lock.
I always wondered the same thing and asked a friend of mine who is in his 80's now. It seems that a lot of cities had actual laws and ordinances where if you parked your car or truck in the city limits along the curb where your drivers side door opened to vehicle traffic... it was illegal to exit your vehicle on the drivers side. You would lock your door and exit the passenger side to not cause an accident. The auto manufactures back in the day only put the door locks on the passenger side for that reason.
That was indeed the law in many cities where the streets were also pretty narrow. Back in the70's my wife got pretty good about reaching over and locking the drivers side door before she got out and unlocking it when she got in. She also sat in the middle as our son got pretty good at calling shot gun pretty early. 52 to when ever they started putting locks in the drivers doors you can get a pair of push buttons from the truck trinket vendors that are both keyed or swap a lock from a right side door if you have a key for it.
My wife does the same thing...My Chevelle is a factory bucket seat/console car. I open the the passenger door for her and she always reaches over and unlocks my side before I get to the door. I put bucket seats in my 50 chevy... she does the same thing. I think that is why the law and city ordinances changed by the mid sixties. More cars has consoles and floor shifter options and it was harder for the driver to "scoot "to the passenger side to exit the car. Well... without causing serious injury at least!
I don't know how many wing windows I replaced on my 49' F-1 because of that.... I finally found doors from a 52' delux cab that gave me key locks on both sides.... LynnW
I fitted a driver's door lock to my 1954 Holden ute years ago but hardly ever locked the doors. The battery isolation switch and the manual gearbox were theft deterrence and I'd rather someone would just open the door and look for stealible stuff rather than cause damage smashing their way in.
My 49 Dodge truck still has the OEM driver side door inside handle without the key lock. I have added power door locks, and have changed the latches to "modern" latches. I have adapted the inside handle to the modern latch, so I can open the door from inside the truck One interesting thing is, the inside handle still moves forward into the lock position, like it did when you locked the door back in the day. That forward lock isn't much of a move with the inside handle. With the current set up, I have discovered that if the inside handle is in the "lock" position, the door won't latch! Probably a good thing, because I believe if the handle was in the lock position, the power lock may not let the door open from outside the truck! Apparently, the passenger inside door handle doesn't work that way. At least we have never experienced the no latch with the handle in a locked position and the door has not ever been locked from the inside. I assume that the original passenger inside handle would not lock the door and it had to have been locked with the key on the outside. I believe the 1955 or 1956 was the 1st year the Dodge trucks had the outside driver side key lock.
I probably have the only T coupe on the Hamb with a locking driver's door. I found a really poor door that had this unusual feature so I cut it out and grafted it onto my "better" door. The Canadian Ford plant made a lot of cars that were shipped overseas to foreign markets; some T roadsters had opening doors on both sides so that is why I assume how this door came to be. In any case, I have never seen another one. Fortunately, reproduction T closed car latches are available and they do have the pieces that make the locking door mechanism work with a little bit of finagling.
And now kids exit from behind the driver’s seat into traffic. A few years back a parent let their son out into traffic just as I was arriving to get into my classroom. Gave her a shout with my horn. She complained to the principal, her questioned me about it, then sent a message via email to all parents reminding them of the danger.
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