Shaved door handles strategery

[nikwho]

I've seen guys' cars that shaved the door handles, but left the lock cylinders. They used the lock cylinders to unlatch the door. Just something that I've kicked around, to still have a mechanical way to unlock the doors. I almost went this route on my '67 Tempest, but after shaving the handles, I panicked about leaving the lock cylinders and filled them, too! Does anyone have any experience with this?

[MARTINSR]

This isn't going to help you any, or maybe it will help you a lot. Unless it's a full on custom I just don't get why to remove the handles. It does next to nothing for the overall looks and it makes opens the door (if you will pardon the pun) for so many problems.

You want to change the looks, paint flames on it, so something that makes a difference. Shaving handles doesn't in my opinion.

Brian

[sevt_chevelle]

^^
Agree, don't see the point in shaved handles, especially on stock-ish vehicles.
If you want flush handles why not look at the 2000's models of GM cars, vette had same style handle as well. Easy to fab up.

Random google image.
http://static.cargurus.com/images/si...722339152.jpeg

Did this to a 70 chevelle, used the front driver side and a rear pass side handle. The handles are the same size and will swap back and forth between a grand prix, century, whatever else GM used them on. Just find a donor door that best matches your door's contour.

[Smittee]

My "shaved" door handles. All mechanical WITH a lock! Almost a "one of a kind" thing taht I designed and built. Someone told me I couldn't do it!