CarNucopia Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) I was wondering which side, driver's or passenger's, should the outside door handle with the lock go? Right now, mine is on the passenger's side, which seems odd to me.Thanks,SC Edited September 29, 2013 by Buick64C (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mclbuick2002 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Outside door lock always on passenger side in that era.Stan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarNucopia Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Thanks Stan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehandleman Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 they put it on the pass side for safety you locked your drivers door in the inside of car slid out on to sidewalk to pass side and locked the door. So you did not get hit by another car while you stepped in the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelod Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 SC,At one point I attempted to install a second locking handle on the drivers side of my 1930 model 68 but discovered that it will work from the passenger side only. thehandleman is correct about the original reason behind the fact the lock worked only on the passenger side of the car. Apparently sanity eventually returned to the auto designers and they corrected their thinking in this area, or perhaps they just got tired of crawling over the gear shift to get to the other side. I am not sure what year we see a locking door handle placed on the driver side.Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RonJar Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My 38 has the key lock on the drivers side.RonJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehandleman Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Alot of foriegn cars had the door handle with lock on drivers door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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