If I am not mistaken, there used to be a law (at least in Calif.) against
exiting a vehicle on the traffic side of the street.
Tom Warner
58 short fleetside
jack halton wrote:
> There was an extensive thread on this a while back. The truck you saw was
> correct, the driver's side door locks only from the inside, then you slide
> across the seat and get out on the passenger side. Never got a definitive
> reason why, but the best guess I remember was that it was preferable to get
> out on the curb side, rather than step in a muddy road.
>
> Jack / Winter Park FL
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: K & B <apache58truck@hotmail.com>
> To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 9:23 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] Door locks on lever style handles...
>
> > Hello Again-
> >
> > While we were checking out the ole trucks this past weekend, my son
> noticed
> > that the driver side door handle (lever style) did not have the "covered
> > key-slot", but the passenger side does. He asked me why the driver's side
> > was without a keylock. "Dad, how did they lock the driver door?" Well...
> I
> > couldn't answer him, so we're asking the list.
> >
> > How did the driver lock and unlock the driver side door without reaching
> > over from the passenger side?
> >
> > This might seem like a silly question, but we're very interested in
> finding
> > out the answer.
> >
> > Once again... thanks in advance for all that we're about to learn from you
> > all! :-)
> >
> > Ken & Brian
> >
> > K&B
> > Father & Son 1959 Apache Fleetside Truck Project in NJ
> > apache58truck@hotmail.com
> > Everyone asks:
> > Why the 58 in the e-mail address if the truck is a 59?
> > Our only reply:
> > When we bought it they told us it was a 58. When we
> > discovered it was really a 59... it was too late to
> > change the address! Plus, someday we might buy a 58 too! :-)
> > -
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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