Adding a door opener to the inside of barn doors? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

pritch · 04-21-2013, 12:11 AM

I would really like to be able to open the barn doors on my Panel from the inside. Is there any way to do this? Was it ever an option?

**LockDoc** · 04-21-2013, 09:49 PM

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I'm not sure if it was something that was available but it should be do-able. I will have to look at mine and see. The only problem is I won't be going to go get mine for a couple of days yet.

LockDoc

pritch · 04-22-2013, 09:57 PM

Thanks, LockDoc. No hurry at all, I'm just thinking ahead anyways. I figured there was a way, but I also think it should at least look somewhat period. Both of my sets of doors are buried in the shop or else I'd dig them out and mess with them, but that's gonna have to wait. IIRC, there is a small access cover on the inside of the 'live' door. (As a carpenter, I call the operable door in a pair the live door)

robb67 · 04-22-2013, 10:49 PM

Mine didn't have that access cover and I don't have a key for the rear lock (it's different than the doors on mine) so I've been locking and opening that door from the inside for years....it would be nice to have a handle though.

I should actually get a full lock set from LockDoc now I'm thinking of it...umm.

Subscribed, for any handle ideas!

68 TT · 04-29-2013, 01:10 AM

I was thinking about that too. Putting a truck inner handle on it shouldn't be too hard with a donor truck door to steal parts from.

Just don't know if the barn door latch has provisions to connect the interior handle linkage to. You could always modify the latch to add the release lever attachment point if it isn't there already.

nate_g_2003 · 04-29-2013, 10:23 AM

An idea I recently had was to use some metal cable and just fashion a pull handle, like the ones that are inside car trunks now. I haven't messed with the idea much, but I think that's what I will try one of these days.

04-21-2013, 12:11 AM	#1
pritch Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hoytsville, Utah Posts: 3,365	Adding a door opener to the inside of barn doors? I would really like to be able to open the barn doors on my Panel from the inside. Is there any way to do this? Was it ever an option? __________________ '68 Panel Project Boogie Chillin' '68 C-10 Ol' Green

04-21-2013, 09:49 PM	#2
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,329	Re: Adding a door opener to the inside of barn doors? - I'm not sure if it was something that was available but it should be do-able. I will have to look at mine and see. The only problem is I won't be going to go get mine for a couple of days yet. LockDoc __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 -

04-22-2013, 09:57 PM	#3
pritch Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hoytsville, Utah Posts: 3,365	Re: Adding a door opener to the inside of barn doors? Thanks, LockDoc. No hurry at all, I'm just thinking ahead anyways. I figured there was a way, but I also think it should at least look somewhat period. Both of my sets of doors are buried in the shop or else I'd dig them out and mess with them, but that's gonna have to wait. IIRC, there is a small access cover on the inside of the 'live' door. (As a carpenter, I call the operable door in a pair the live door) __________________ '68 Panel Project Boogie Chillin' '68 C-10 Ol' Green

04-22-2013, 10:49 PM	#4
robb67 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brentwood Bay, BC Posts: 252	Re: Adding a door opener to the inside of barn doors? Mine didn't have that access cover and I don't have a key for the rear lock (it's different than the doors on mine) so I've been locking and opening that door from the inside for years....it would be nice to have a handle though. I should actually get a full lock set from LockDoc now I'm thinking of it...umm. Subscribed, for any handle ideas!

04-29-2013, 01:10 AM	#5
68 TT Still plays with trucks Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,556	Re: Adding a door opener to the inside of barn doors? I was thinking about that too. Putting a truck inner handle on it shouldn't be too hard with a donor truck door to steal parts from. Just don't know if the barn door latch has provisions to connect the interior handle linkage to. You could always modify the latch to add the release lever attachment point if it isn't there already. __________________ miSSed opportunity - ground up creation of an AWD 1994 454 SS that never was http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=795577 69 C10 shortbed stepside 400 small block - built like what a super sport truck could have been 69 K20 lwb TBI 350 4L60E NP208 14-bolt Dana-44 w/disc 68 Camaro SS / RS 500hp 439 inch roller cam big block 4L80E 79 Malibu TPI 350 4L60 w/ Z28 steering & sway bars

04-29-2013, 10:23 AM	#6
nate_g_2003 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Gregory, TX Posts: 413	Re: Adding a door opener to the inside of barn doors? An idea I recently had was to use some metal cable and just fashion a pull handle, like the ones that are inside car trunks now. I haven't messed with the idea much, but I think that's what I will try one of these days. __________________ -Nathan- 1972 GMC K2500 Suburban "The Project" 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT Z71 "The Daily Driver" 2005 Ford F150 Lariat SCrew 2WD "The Daily Driver" SOLD 1995 GMC Sierra C1500 SLE "The Daily Driver"SOLD 2003 Ford Ranger Edge 2DSC 2WD Flareside "The Daily Driver/Project"SOLD



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