Howdy, I did the same thing with my 53 chevy pick up years ago and got in and out of the pass side door for almost 4 years. Until a friend showed me how to stick a 2x4 in the open hinge and push on the door,push a little and check, push alittle harder and check again. It took about 30 seconds and I was 4 years crawling across the seat, made me feel kind of dumb. Hope this helps. Thanks for the reply on my ovrerdrive question I am hopeing to learn more about them before I spend a lot of time adapting it to my car. Dennis