Install interior door handles in roadster pickup.

[brianrupnow]

Since I don't have any real work at the moment, I spent the afternoon installing the door handles in the roadster pickup. First I measured how big an opening I would need in the door, and cut out a hole of the correct size in a peice of cardboard. I decided where I wanted the handles in the door (in line with the bearclaw latches), then used the cardboard template to mark the door with a pencil. I cut out the hole in the door with a small air cut-off wheel. These handles have one screw thru the sheet metal "basket" that houses them. The surface of that housing is about 7/8" below the flange that sets against the upholstery. I allowed for 1/4" between the flange and the steel door to accomodate the 1/8" upholstery panel and nuagahyde, and doing a little mechanics math decided that I needed to bend up a peice of #14 gauge sheet metal and weld it into the door to correctly position the handle. This was quickly accomplished with my sabre saw, vice, and hammer, and the peices welded in with my mig, then ground smooth. I will make up some control rods to run from the new handles to the latches tomorrow.