[knighthawk]

O K , guys, I'm smoothing and filling the body right now, what or how do i do the the shaved door handles ? With out going electric ! Some kind of flush or recessed handle, AND using thre same door latches !

[home brew]

Back in the day - late 50's - a couple of guys I knew about apparently ran manual choke cables from the opening mechanism through the door and pillar and mounted then in the fender wells. One guy even retained one stock door lock key in the door.

Here is a couple of links on installing newer recessed door handles in older cars. They will give you some ideas you can play with.

http://www.hotrod.com/projectbuild/1...nt/index1.html

http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/howto/55343/

[Metal Twister]

Originally Posted by dinger

How far from Fallbrook is your shop, I see you're in the San Diego area. I just left there today, had a couple of food safety audits down that way. Dan

Actually we are in Spring Valley, Ca. (San Diego county). We are real close to the Hwy.94 & 125 connector. About 50 miles south of Fallbrook to answer your question.

[Metal Twister]

Originally Posted by knighthawk

O K , guys, I'm smoothing and filling the body right now, what or how do i do the the shaved door handles ? With out going electric ! Some kind of flush or recessed handle, AND using thre same door latches !

One cool way of doing it is to run the cable straight down thru the door post and floor. Attatch it to a paddle peddle located under the car, simply slide your toes under the running board or rocker pannel and lift the peddle to release the door latch. Some strong door poppers will help with the effect.

[knighthawk]

thanks again guys, , intresting referrals, the coe in there looks just like mine !

[home brew]

Originally Posted by knighthawk

thanks again guys, , intresting referrals, the coe in there looks just like mine !

Thought I would give you some more to think about - as if you don't have enough already!

[Metal Twister]

Originally Posted by knighthawk

thanks again guys, , intresting referrals, the coe in there looks just like mine !

Ok! lets see it, Maybe we need a COE thread to insure we dont hyjack! In fact I will do it right now.

[Chevrolet4x4s]

Originally Posted by knighthawk

O K , guys, I'm smoothing and filling the body right now, what or how do i do the the shaved door handles ? With out going electric ! Some kind of flush or recessed handle, AND using thre same door latches !

The feller with the custom camaro on here with the fighter jet theme has a good setup for this
Shane

[knighthawk]

I am cleaning and filling the front fenders and hood, getting ready for first paint (primer ) now thinking..... I will need to make a filler strip or front roll pan, so what is the accepted or legal hieght for the front bumper ?

[home brew]

For legal height check with your DOT. Accepted height - above the scrub line. As I don't know the length of the body in front of the front wheels I can't even give you a ball park figure. Just remember that you have to go down and over the gutters of the road to get into parking lots, etc. If you can figure out what that slope is and use some trigonometry (always wondered when you would use it didn't you) you will be able to figure out how low you can go. Or you could just mount casters under the bumper.

[knighthawk]

thanks 'brew' again.......why didn't those math teachers give an example like this , maybe it would have gotten my attention !

[Chopt 48]

Home Brew nailed it. The first time out with a freshly chromed bumper I got hung up going out of a grocery store parking lot in Bountiful Utah. And no that one wasn't quite above the scrub line.

Figure what roads you will do 90% of your driving on and go from there.

[knighthawk]

O K , Guys ! I need a volunteer to post some picture here for me. I have four pictures of the ''chop job'' in primer, but , can not post them ! Any offers ?......................thanks .

[Metal Twister]

Originally Posted by knighthawk

O K , Guys ! I need a volunteer to post some picture here for me. I have four pictures of the ''chop job'' in primer, but , can not post them ! Any offers ?......................thanks .

If you still need help PM me. I want to see that Thang!!!

[home brew]

Here's those pics of the chop in primer. I didn't have to resize these. Looking great!!! What's next?