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Can someone confirm which side the outside door handles should be on? Which side should have the lock, driver or passenger? I seem to remember older trucks having the lock on the passenger side, not sure about the cars.
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The locking handle is on the passenger side. They were trying to keep people away from the "busy" traffic when entering...
1938 Canadian Pontiac Business Coupe (aka a 1938 Chevy Coupe with Pontiac shaped front sheet metal - almost all Chevy!)
1975 4-speed L82 Vette
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Thanks for the confirmation!
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For my '39 I put a R.H. locking door handle on the L.H side ....only difference was had to insert the key up-side-down. Made it much more convienent.
1941 and up had locks on both sides.
Prior to that Chevrolet sold an accessory change over kit for installing a locking handle on the drivers side.
Gene Schneider
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The locks were usually on the passenger side. Like canadiantim said, this was to avoid opening the door into the street and traffic. It was a safety thing. This changed after a while. Today in MA and a lot of other states, it is technically illegal to enter or exit the car from the drivers (street) side for the same safety reason. If you open the driver's door and a car comes by and rips it off, you are at fault, not the driver of the other car.
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