CMC Door Handles

I'm looking to replace the door handles on my CMC with key-locking ones. Any idea what year/type VW handles were used on the CMC speedsters? Thanks in advance!

I have electronic locks on my car- the capibility to lock the car is already there in the mechanism (just like on any car), so no need for holes, etc. I would think any aftermarket alarm installer could do it. A key would have been nice, but really, I like this feature a lot- I can go out to eat with the car, w/o inviting other people to sit in the car, etc.

Just to mention that if someone wahats to get into a locked convertible, there goes the top or worse....Alan M

"wahats" a new speedster related term !

There was an early post about this and with all of the normal comments about why would you want to lock a convertible someone mentioned electronic lock. This was a good idea, keep the door handles as is but install electronic bolts that would be activated with your alarm system. This would send a dead bolt into a hole making the doors impossible to open.

Quite easy actually some magnetic plungers....

I never lock my car. I would rather have someone sit in my car, than slash the top for spite or to just have a look to see what was inside.

What I was asking was if anyone knew what model car make, etc would I need to purchase to match the door handles I have now. Please help!

Thanks,

Joe

Let's see if I have this right....you are looking to purchase a car to match your door handles?

I'm just slammin your doors Joe. The easiest solution is to add locks that are separate from the handles. That is how the early IMs were done.

Hey Ron . . . actually I'm looking for a garage to match my door locks to match my car. I REALLY have old door handles that don't work right. I'm looking to replace them with locking ones if I can or the same type if not. But I have no clue what the heck car CMC got them from. That's what I was trying to find out.

Thanks

Joe

1956 round ended handles 0r 1957 square ended handles can be ordered from Stoddards import parts but they are expencive.

A single 1957 ford door lock is a good 50s look, remote lock unit. and it can be tumbled to match vw and porsche keys which will fit in it.

In those days they only put it on the passenger door. Folks back then paralel parked and climbed out the passenger side to stay out of street traffic.

The inner door handles were 2 way, push down to lock and pull up to open. on most cars

Barry,

On most cars that was right but Studebaker always went their own way! Push up the door handle to lock, down to unlock. In retrospect I think they had it right!

Bruce

Opps!!! sorry about that,, I pushed where. I should have pulled

Anyway,, you have correctly understood the setup. It wouldn,t be to hard to adapt vw inner handle mechanisums,to work eather way.

Door locks can be very effective in dealing with honest people! A thief will steal your car no matter what measures you take. An A-hole will vadalize your car at will, but a door lock will keep an "Honest" person honest, and most people are honest.

A-hole deep in snow in Michigan, See ya in Carlisle in the spring.

Down here where I live, it's more than likey the later.

But whats worse is they wouldn't bother to break in.
Theyed just scoop it ut up with a roll back, and go by by.

That way they could defeat it's security in privite at their leasure.


Know your enemy as yourself, and hopefully you can beat them.

Here in Mayberry RFD, the issue isn't someone trying to steal the car, it's friendly admirers "checking it out" while I'm away. I seldom (if ever) lock any vehicle I own ($35K work truck w/ $20K of stock and $25K or so of tools included) for fear of theft. Small town America still exists, but you have to play by the rules. The main one is the golden rule- do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I'm happy to show my car to anyone who asks, but I'd rather they waited for me to check it out- hence the locks.

In the past year I have seen 5 co-workers get a window knocked out of their cars and any valuables taken including their car radio's. It's just not safe around here. May be I need to move to your neighborhood? I remeber when I was little and you could even leave you windows open all night during the summer.

Its vandalism that worries me. I've had my car 3 summers now and each summer without fail someone keys the rear deck...once just a long scratch and the other times 4 letter words.

And I do live in a small town (18,000) that just 10-15 years ago you could leave your house unlocked. Now with the discovery of diamonds and the influx of workers, and crime, that that brings its time to leave.

Brian

I'm sorry for you both. Midwest living, if you can stand the weather, affords some of the last refuges of post card small town living left in this country. Most teenagers have a hard time with the "stifling" accountability of a small town, but I don't lock my doors (even when I go out for the evening), and I always know where my kids are and what they are doing. Its a great place to raise a family. Whenever someone starts to complain about how we dont have a Starbucks in 100 miles, I tell them to "embrace your inner hick". I can buy Starbucks at the grocery store, and I can get anything I want or need within a half hour. In my opinion, urban living is over-rated, but temperate weather is not. I may move someplace warm when my last one is grown (he's 14), or if the town changes, but probably not before.

Today I saw a CMC with regular '69 style VW locking handles. Just though you might like to know.

Stan,

Amen to that. We live in a small town,(6000) in Oregon and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I've lived in a major metropoliltan areas and
not my cup of tea. People here look you in the eye and say hello even if you've never met. We always meet someone we know when we go to the "big" city, Medford, about 12 miles away. We have most of the shops and stores there and have never felt deprived not having trendy shops. In fact the local shops are more interesting anyway. Only downside is that there are no Speedsters close by, although rumors say there is one in Jacksonville, about 15 miles away!

Viva la little town! Bruce

So nice to hear about you guys with no crime in small town bumf&%#@. Here in New Jersey (also pronounced Joisee) someone will steal the shortening out of your cookie if they could. I have no problem with that, since I'm in law enforcement (kinda like job security), but when it happens to me . . . well, that ain't right. Thank your blessings those that have a crime free lifestyle. Me, I need to have locking door handles. I was thinking of having my mother-in-law sit in the car when I'm not there to scare people away, but she has IBS and that might be worse on my car in the long run than had it been stolen or damaged. So Pa-Leeze if anyone knows what friggin handles I have, let me know. I'll post a photo tomorrow about what I currently have. They are malfunctioning, so I would like to replace them with the same or locking style. I am trying to avoid drilling any new holes, etc. Help about a brother, won't you please . . .