I didn't notice the door lock...

fire truck · Post by **fire truck** » August 2, 2010, 10:17 pm

someone brought it up in a thread of mine that the regular cab trucks don't have drivers door locks. I checked the plane jane 62 door I have and it has no lock, hmmm... learn something new everyday....

slickmainer · Post by **slickmainer** » August 2, 2010, 10:19 pm

i noticed that on icemans 61 uni build, he shows the driver door with no key hole. page 5 of his build

fire truck · Post by **fire truck** » August 2, 2010, 10:24 pm

ezer's uni is the same way

Michelle · Post by **Michelle** » August 2, 2010, 10:28 pm

Thats right, the plain Jane trucks only had the door locks on the passenger side. It goes back to earlier days at Ford when someone thought it was safer for you to enter the car on the passenger side should the car be parked on the street. I do not know when it became standare to have the locks on both sides. My 56 has the door locks on both doors, but it is a Custom Cab truck too.

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » August 2, 2010, 10:32 pm

andy griffith always got in and out of his patrol car on the curb side. and it was always a ford. in fact all the cars in that show were fords.

f100jim · Post by **f100jim** » August 3, 2010, 6:56 am

Quality TV , Ezer

semotrucker · Post by **semotrucker** » August 3, 2010, 6:59 am

My 66 base model has two door locks. It was mentioned in the other thread about some trucks only having one sunvisor...mine was built w/ only one on the drivers side.

Cam

Brian Taylor · Post by **Brian Taylor** » August 3, 2010, 7:07 am

Funny thing, someone just this weekend was going thru cars in or neighborhood. My truck is in the drive not garage, and I found they had popped the latch on the wing windows but could not figure out, find , the door lock to unlock my truck.
I always laugh that if one of these kids did break in and try to steal my truck they would not be able to drive a 3 on the tree. Also when I go somewhere with people in the truck and park it they start to roll and lock my truck, I tell them leave the window down!? They ask why and I say "Look at my truck, people will feel bad for me and leave money" .
Go ugly or stay home.

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » August 3, 2010, 10:20 am

ezernut9mm wrote:andy griffith always got in and out of his patrol car on the curb side. and it was always a ford. in fact all the cars in that show were fords.

Then of course, he was the sheriff and didn't have to worry about locking his doors

flareside64 · Post by **flareside64** » August 3, 2010, 5:47 pm

i have 3 standard cab 64's all with drivers door locks

Weedhopper · Post by **Weedhopper** » August 3, 2010, 7:07 pm

My plain 66 only has the driver's sun visor, drivers arm rest, no radio, but the padded dash. Go figure.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » August 4, 2010, 6:29 pm

My '62 Econoline only has the key on the passenger door but my '63 Econo had the keys on both doors...