Technical 1949 ford latches.

I know they are crap to begin with.
They do not latch closed currently and I am wondering if I could get some maintenance help or a re-pop latch to replace them...

 

I'm no help because mine is a 50. But I did put seatbelts in so I don't lose the old lady on a left hand turn.

 

Hey if the originals aren’t much good hard to imagine repops being better.
Have you looked into possibility of new components/springs/ strikers etc?

just a thought.

 

Give Shoebox Central a call they found me another used one that was
better than the one I had Great folks to deal with
https://shoebox-central.com/

 

I plan to put the bearclaw latches to replace the junk ones on my 1955 tbird next winter.

 

You might want to check out how I installed bearclaws in The Judge..

https://49fordcoupe.smugmug.com/The-Doors/