Thread: '27 T door parts

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[QUOTE=HemiTCoupe]Tom,
How come your son scrapes cars, and you have to get your window parts off ebay? I scraped 3 gm cars and kept 3 different types, they all should work. I kept all the power everything & controls.

I just thought that it would be easier to put the stock ones back in. In my stock 27 T tudor they work perfectly. Never even thought about using newer ones and then I might even start looking for electric ones.

Tell me more about the latches/door hinges

The easiest way for you Tom, is to have you know who, do it for you, I don't want to make work for him. I hooked mine to the stock door handles.
There are templates for some out there, I have seen them, I made my own. You'll need to drill screw holes, and a cut a notch in the door for the pin to pass thru like on your everyday car.
I bought mine at Ax Man's, they had a barrel full of them, at the time, for $2.50 each (double latch). about 7-8 yrs ago. I only bought 8 pair, and 7 of the chrome wiper motors with park at $6.00 each. I like bargain buys.

Pat

[QUOTE=HemiTCoupe]The easiest way for you Tom, is to have you know who, do it for you, I don't want to make work for him. I hooked mine to the stock door handles.
There are templates for some out there, I have seen them, I made my own. You'll need to drill screw holes, and a cut a notch in the door for the pin to pass thru like on your everyday car.

I don't want to add any more to "you know who's" work load.

Does anyone have a picture of the latch on a T closed car?

I just noticed a picture in the gallery of Briansrup (you know who I mean ) and he has a caption that says you can't run glass with the bear jaw latches cause you have to cut out the rails. Is that true or was it just on his???? It get's too damn cold here for no windows!!

Oh yea, and who sells those weld in templates??

Thanks,
Sean

I've got Bearclaw latches in the Mercs, they're glass.... Also put them in a number of other 'glass cars... Must have been something specific to Brian's car.

Yea it seemed odd, here's the link:

http://www.clubhotrod.com/photopost/...php?photo=7097

Sean

OK, I see... Brian was referring to the window glass and tracks.... On skinny doors like A's and T's, it gets really tight putting the tracks in.... When I've encountered this before, I put the latch in the post and the pin in the door... works fine that way, too.

Thanks Dave.

Originally Posted by sgo70

Thanks Dave.

It's also a very nice way to do the latch for suicide hinges, too.... And, if you are running electric solenoids and a door popper it makes routing an emergency release cable to the door latch a lot simpler, too.

I want to go with the suicide hinges, but I was thinking of using the regular door handle with the bearclaws. Then I guess I need a safety latch.

Sean

Originally Posted by sgo70

I want to go with the suicide hinges, but I was thinking of using the regular door handle with the bearclaws. Then I guess I need a safety latch.

Sean

A second latch is always a good thing with suicide hinged doors!!!!! Doesn't have to be anything more then a sliding pin that you can flip open with your foot, but just so you have something there!!!!!

[QUOTE=sgo70]

http://www.clubhotrod.com/photopost/...php?photo=7097

Pat or Dave
So how do you use the stock T door handle to operate the bear claw?

You're right Tom, I guess you'd have to have the latch on the door to make it work.

This is why I start asking questions before I actually start doing things. I'm still working on my gas tank and I asked about that almost two weeks ago.

If I can't add anything else, I'll add confusion!!!

Sean

[QUOTE=Tom F]

Originally Posted by sgo70

http://www.clubhotrod.com/photopost/...php?photo=7097

Pat or Dave
So how do you use the stock T door handle to operate the bear claw?

Let me ponder that awhile..... Big thing is getting everything out of the way of the window track.... I use the mini's on the Mercs and they just clear the window track... Have to see how much latch room there is on the inside of the door....

Looking at Matts picture it shows there really is no room:

http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/sho...t=34382&page=5

Sean