cadlights
08-05-2004, 11:28 PM
When we was building Gordy's 53 he bought some door poppers from somebody, I can't remember who it was. These are what he got.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/cadlights/doorpoppers001.jpg
I told him there was no way these would work on the 53.
So I went hunting. What I found was the perfect door poppers. They are seat belt lock outs from 70 and early 80's cars. Ussually for rear seat belts on Gm cars which have brackets already attached. But the one I'm showing came out of a 1978 to 80 Mustang. Here it is.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/cadlights/doorpoppers002.jpg
What ya need to do is drill a 1'2" hole in the door jam and install the popper on the inside of the jam somewhere around the latch area. Could be anywhere where you have enough room. The GM ones usually have brackets that make it pretty easy to install but building a bracket for the ford ones wouldn't be that hard. Here is what the finished product looks like. Nice and clean and they fully contract when the door is closed and they have stronger springs in them than the after market version.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/cadlights/doorpoppers003.jpg
These worked realy well and we used the one he bought to pop the trunk where there was more room to work with.
I hope this helps somebody that was trying to figure out how to mount the store bought ones when you have limited room.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/cadlights/doorpoppers001.jpg
I told him there was no way these would work on the 53.
So I went hunting. What I found was the perfect door poppers. They are seat belt lock outs from 70 and early 80's cars. Ussually for rear seat belts on Gm cars which have brackets already attached. But the one I'm showing came out of a 1978 to 80 Mustang. Here it is.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/cadlights/doorpoppers002.jpg
What ya need to do is drill a 1'2" hole in the door jam and install the popper on the inside of the jam somewhere around the latch area. Could be anywhere where you have enough room. The GM ones usually have brackets that make it pretty easy to install but building a bracket for the ford ones wouldn't be that hard. Here is what the finished product looks like. Nice and clean and they fully contract when the door is closed and they have stronger springs in them than the after market version.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/cadlights/doorpoppers003.jpg
These worked realy well and we used the one he bought to pop the trunk where there was more room to work with.
I hope this helps somebody that was trying to figure out how to mount the store bought ones when you have limited room.