Back in the "stone(s) ages" the ones I saw used a 12V solenoid through a
lever arangement to release the door latch. It was triggered by a hidden
push button switch.
I;ve often wondered though, what happened if he left the lights on and
drained the battery? Was he "locked" out of the car? Maybe you just
jumped the car to open the door?
One of life's little unanswered questions, I guess
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997 16:28:28 +0000 "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>
writes:
>This is for the older members of the list that were around in the
>1950's. I was watching a show on Speedvision about "Lead Sleds" and
>other cruisers, and most of them had the door handles shaved off. I
>know that today, a handle-shaving job is usually done in conjunction
>with the installation of a remote-control electronic actuator, but
>how did you open the doors without handles back in the 50's when this
>first started becoming popular?
>
>Scott
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