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on my 58 ford f100-there is only a door lock on the passenger side. I have checked to see if the lock was removed and there is no bondo covering the hole. The panel is solid!!!!! Was this the way ford did it or do I just have a fluke???
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As it was explained to me, that was a "safety feature" to prevent you getting clobbered by oncoming traffic in the old days. Along the lines of vans only having sliding doors on the passenger side.
Kinda makes you wonder if they had more sense back then... keys in both doors is convienient, but how long has it been since someone stepped out of a vehicle (or new 4 door minivan) right into oncoming traffic? 2 or 3 hours?
I have also heard it explained that the "Deluxe" vehicles had key locks in the driver's doors. That makes sense if you think of it as a deluxe convienience option.
Hope that gives you some ideas. Others may have different reasons for the lack of a key lock, but rest assured, yours is not the only one.
Kris Taylor
1950 F47 (2 doors, 1 lock)
1977 XS650 (No doors!)
1997 F150XL (2 doors, 2 locks)
Kinda makes you wonder if they had more sense back then... keys in both doors is convienient, but how long has it been since someone stepped out of a vehicle (or new 4 door minivan) right into oncoming traffic? 2 or 3 hours?
I have also heard it explained that the "Deluxe" vehicles had key locks in the driver's doors. That makes sense if you think of it as a deluxe convienience option.
Hope that gives you some ideas. Others may have different reasons for the lack of a key lock, but rest assured, yours is not the only one.
Kris Taylor
1950 F47 (2 doors, 1 lock)
1977 XS650 (No doors!)
1997 F150XL (2 doors, 2 locks)
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The explanation I read was for convenience on the curb side, since trucks were sold primarily as work/ delivery vehicles back then ( not cowboy Cadillacs like now ). The Custom Cab had it on the driver's side also as part of that package.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 07-Feb-02 AT 03:25 PM (EST)]I still think the reason was to keep the gentlemen "Gentlemen" thereby requiring them to open the door for their ladies.
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On my 1958 F-100 CUSTOM CAB, I have locks on both doors, two sun visors, two wipers, but only one arm rest, on the drivers side.
anyone got an arm rest?
Steve
anyone got an arm rest?
Steve
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On my 55 I had only one lock so I checked inside the door and the locking mechanism was there so I cut a hole and ordered two locks, ignition mechnism and it worked great. just take careful measurements
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I read in one of my new parts catalog and it mentioned that the custom cab had the (1) drivers side arm rest and the (2) locks. Mine is missing the arm rest and I need to find where the best place is to get one. In the catalogs they don't seem to list one for a 59.
Did they forget about them or can you just use one from around the same year?
My Custom Cab also came factory with an electric sun roof.
Go figure.
James
Did they forget about them or can you just use one from around the same year?
My Custom Cab also came factory with an electric sun roof.
Go figure.
James
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There was another real good reason for having only one door-lock (on the passenger side). Many of the towns and cities during the mid-fifties had ordinances requiring parallel parking on all down-town streets. The single door-lock was intended to encourage the driver to slide across the seat and exit through the passenger door (also placed him or her nearer to the parking meter). This supports the previous post about traffic safety.
I made a template of the passenger's side hole (its shape and location on the door), reversed it, marked, drilled, filed and notched a hole in the driver's side door (very carefully), and installed a lock purchased from Carpenter's. It looks like it was installed by the factory (I had actually forgotten I had done it until I saw this post). The door mechanism inside the driver's side door had the required locking hardware, so it was just a matter of having the new lock keyed by my local locksmith to my original key and then installing it.
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I made a template of the passenger's side hole (its shape and location on the door), reversed it, marked, drilled, filed and notched a hole in the driver's side door (very carefully), and installed a lock purchased from Carpenter's. It looks like it was installed by the factory (I had actually forgotten I had done it until I saw this post). The door mechanism inside the driver's side door had the required locking hardware, so it was just a matter of having the new lock keyed by my local locksmith to my original key and then installing it.
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