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Old 03-20-2012, 01:19 PM   #17
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Re: 55-57 one piece windows

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I got a pair of new latches and strikes from LMC. They work fine. There's just so little room to do bear claws and the window track mod together. The back of the track is just about touching the back of the latch. And the doors seem so tight, it's hard to imagine it coming unlatched...but I also rebuilt the door hinges at the same time. I can bet a flopping door with worn strikes and loose latches would let it come undone.
yes they will, some of my daughters best memories are of the passenger door coming open and them leaning out (belted in) to pull it shut. Also bouncing on the orignal spring seat on bumpy dirt roads. There is a reason you saw the old timers driving around with theirs arms hanging out the windows over the doors!
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