Model A Hot Rod Shop Truck: Installing Door Handles with Bear Claw Latches

This time at the Quick Speed Shop I'm back on the Model A Hot Rod Shop Truck. I'm installing factory style Ford door handles to the outer door skins and hooking them up to the bear claw door latches. Follow along!
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[@paulupton8347]

I want a model A truck real bad.... Cool stuff.

[@calais321]

I'm in the process of fiddling with these bear claw latches atm, I appreciate your clip it has clarified what I was planning. Thankyou very much for the quality upload!

[@stevierudy5022]

Looking good!! Always nice to have a door handle - Makes me hungry for 'bear claw danish'..

[@tdejew]

Cool truck !

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

Yep! Bam is the word!

[@59megawagon]

Its too bad this only works if you don't have any glass in your doors. I have a 36 Pontiac with glass and I am trying to figure out how to the handle to work.

[@QuickSpeedShop]

The same principle should work with glass. You might have to shorten the action up a bit or bend the arm into an arc or use a cable run thru a piece a tubing out of the way of the glass.

[@michaelhallas6450]

What company did you pickup the bear claw latches for the model A

[@QuickSpeedShop]

I don't remember, I bought them 15 years ago. I think they were the generic ones you can buy at a hot rod show or from Speedway.

[@rocksaltmetalworks6350]

Did you make those braces for inside the doors? I'm working on an Essex and have been thinking of doing something like that.

[@QuickSpeedShop]

Yes. I actually made the entire door from scratch with an aftermarket door skin.

[@rushwal]

You didn't show drilling the square hole!

[@QuickSpeedShop]

Can't show all my secrets!

[@rushwal]

@@QuickSpeedShop But that's what I need to know! :D But seriously. I'm putting model A handles on a boat hatch and I'm having to be creative to get it to work. I think I've got it figured out after watching your video. Watching the linkage is what gave me the idea.

[@QuickSpeedShop]

@@rushwal Oh sorry! What I did was drilled a round hole and used a tiny triangular file to file the corners of the hole square. Took a little bit, worked good.