My Ebay Find Last Week

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03 Jun 2021 05:15 #43299 by Terry Cockerell

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Gary, I don't think the convertible doors are thicker. The door handle position is a set a lot lower where the door is wider. Where the sedan door handles are fitted the door is narrower.

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03 Jun 2021 00:05 #43297 by 1748 S

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Argeed Cliff.My comments were to show the user has options. I personally can TIG weld and some fine grinding can't tell it was ever "added on too". I like to reverse engineer "things".My issue is to reverse engineer an outside door handle I have to destroy it. At this time I'm not willing to ruin something that could help someone complete their car.

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02 Jun 2021 21:24 #43295 by uconn_1965

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Gary, no need to take out the short shaft. Leave as is and just weld on a short extension on existing short shaft to make a convertible handle. Over the years I’ve done this a few times.

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02 Jun 2021 21:13 #43294 by 1748 S

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I'm told convertible doors are thicker so they need a longer shaft. But the outside handle is the same across the open and closed cars.Getting the short shaft out of the handle is an issue but a good TIG welder can do ANYTHING.....

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02 Jun 2021 18:19 #43291 by uconn_1965

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It’s easy enough to either cut down the longer shaft out to weld a extension onto the shorter shaft if that’s what you need.

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02 Jun 2021 16:47 #43290 by Rileypu29

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Thank you for the explanation. In that case it would seem that they likely are not interchangeable.

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02 Jun 2021 15:58 #43288 by uconn_1965

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The only difference is the length of the square shaft

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02 Jun 2021 15:51 #43287 by Rileypu29

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Hi Gary,
What are the differences between the open and closed car handles? I am curious to see if my cars have the correct handles.
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Bill

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02 Jun 2021 13:01 #43285 by 1748 S

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Sadly I don't Terry.I have a couple of these spares now. There is a difference between an open and closed car outside door handles besides one having a key lock.

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02 Jun 2021 09:55 #43280 by Terry Cockerell

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A good find Gary.
Do you happen to have a spare one with the locking mechanism?

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02 Jun 2021 03:23 #43277 by 1748 S

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Today This came in the mail. Even though I knew what I was looking at I still was wondering if a Cord trunk handle was coming. So as it turns out this really is an outside door handle and NOT a trunk handle. Enjoy the pics.

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