interior door handles

[odee]

I asked over in this paint and body section. I'm in the process of fixing up a truck I threw together a few years ago. What I have is a issue of the door panels being bowed out after I swapped in a thin style door handle on the inside for a wide on. My door panels are out of something in the eighties I believe. Is there a difference in the standard and deluxe parts?

[Captkaos]

No, there is a difference in the handle sizes and in the window crank stalk length on different models. I don't know what year truck you have, but it sounds like you are trying to use late '80 panels with the shorter early '70's window cranks.

[odee]

The problem is in the door handle it's self. My windows in this truck are power. The bow is in the area of the handle. I guess I will go to the junkyard and find a few more handles and see what happens. Is there a difference in the door handles that used the plastic trim and the ones that didn't?

[bodydropped]

ur ursin 73-79 then those r the thick ones 81-87 r the slimmer chrome ones

[Captkaos]

The door handles are also different. To narrow it down, you need to stick with same year series door hardware with the same door panels.

73-76 - door shells are identical - non-power models. manual only doors. Window crank stalk was short, won't work with 77-91 door panels.

77-91 - door shells are identical - power models (77: first year power was an option). Window crank was long, will "work" on any model, but will be too long for 73-76.

73-76 - door panels were the same/simular. only covers the top center portion of the door. won't work on other year models and cover all exposed holes. Mounts flush to the door.

77-80 - door panels are the same, use wide handles not swappable with 81-87 or 73-76. Panel covers whole portion of door minus the lower 3/4 (normally covered with carpet strip).

81-91 - door panels are the same, use thin chrome handles. Panel covers whole portion of door minus the lower 3/4 (normally covered with carpet strip).