On a '72 do you have to hold the button on the door handle for it to lock when you close it? If not, what parts do I need to transfer from my 70 doors to make 72 doors "work right?"
Perhaps I was not clear. I have been holding the button for 30 years and want to continue to need to hold the button. So what do I need to transfer from my 70 doors, which "work right," onto the 72 doors, to make them "work right?" You mentioned the latch. By "the latch," do you mean the assembly in the door jamb that grabs the post?
Ok...when you said "work right", I assumed you meant "work right' for a 72. Right...you need to swap the part that is inside, on the door, that catches the striker. It's just those 3 big Phillip screws that hold it in the door and 1 clip. Swap the 70 latch into the 72 door. Check the 70 latch first (in the 70 door) to make sure it works as you want it to.
What I find odd is the fact that they list reproduction door latch mechs as fitting 70-72. Do they work like 70's or 71/72's? There are two different types Same for the splined door handle mech. They don't list it as fitting with or without chrome armrest bases. They're different.
Interesting questions Jason! When my car was being restored, I was told I needed 2 new latches because the doors closed like crap. I bought a pair from AMES, they showed 2 numbers, an early and a later, so I bought the early ones. They were shipped direct to the restorer, my car was there for over 6 months. When I finally got it back, the latches worked like 71-72 (changed now). I never got the receipts, I never saw the boxes, so I don't know if AMES made an error or not. Never called AMES because of the long period of time that had passed. The door remotes? I don't know about. I CAN tell you I know the owner(s) of Inline, we have eaten with him a few times, I see him a couple times a year, here and there. I know he sells the repro remotes. We saw him at the Olds Nats in the swap meet area, so we went over to say hello. He had two handfuls of the long original door remotes (maybe 10 of them), that he had just bought. Does that tell you something?
Have fun getting off those 3 screws. Have a quality impact screwdriver handy. If they have never been off they are not coming off happy.
Thanks for the heads-up. I do have one, but need to remember to bring it with me when I next visit the body shop.
I like that feature of needing holding the button to lock the door. To me that is 'right'. My Durango and F250 is wrong. The Roadmaster is right. ;-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I found I never locked keys in car with the 70 style because it takes effort to lock the door. 71 and up style very easy to lock door by accident.
I knew Barbara was a "keeper" the first time she got out of the car and closed it correctly without being told. (Her Dad had a '70 Nova when she was itty-bitty.)
