1932 Ford Mid Point version door handles and

[BoxCar Tom]

I have an early sn 1932 Ford Std Tudor Sedan. Came equipped with Mid Point version door handles (B-46266-BR) and window cranks (B-48175-AR). Unfortunately both door handles and one window crank are broken. Want Ad has produced nothing. No Point or Long Point versions are not an option. So plan B, can they be repaired?, if so how? Appreciate any help and advise.

 

[rockfla]

Not sure what the material on those is BUT I had a potmetal window winder for our German 32 that was broken and Paul's Chrome plating fixed mine as well as re-plated it.

 

[tubman]

I have had mixed success with "pot metal welding rods ("Muggy Weld", etc.). I had great success repairing a headlight bezel on my '68 Corvette, but less on other stuff. I think it depends upon how well the formulation of the rod matches the makeup of the piece being repaired. If all else fails, buy a bunch of different kinds and try 'em out.

 

[John R]

How about buying long point handles and filing and reshaping them to match the short-point ones?

 

[BoxCar Tom]

rockfla, tubman, My preference is to fix the original handles. But A friend who runs a high end (expensive) restoration business advised, Don't bother trying to fix them, they will just break again, don't waste your time or money. Just get new one's made. He showed me some Packard handles he just had made, rough castings still needed to be machined. Cost about $100.00 per plus machining, plus plating, Food for thought

John R, I like the idea of reshaping long point handles, in fact I thought of this option myself. I already have a pair of ss handles and cranks. I was hoping there was some magic bullet fix for the originals, but no. So now it's a choice between a hands on approach or pay for results. I'm inclined to put my files to work.

Let you know how it goes, Thanks for the input,

 

[DavidG]

Tom,


Rather than sacrificing a good original long-pointed handle, which are not exactly commonplace, why not consider modifying a reproduction long-pointed handle instead?


Likely they are stronger than the original handles and either way, you've already decidided that you can live with less than 100% originality.

 

[BoxCar Tom]

David,

I'm surprised that my Want AD on the Barn for Mid Point handles did not produce any results. Are they that rare? Your exactly right why sacrifice original Long Points, use at this age will probably produce destruction.

I already have a pair of reproduction SS handles and cranks so I'm going to try my hand at reshaping them, no plating needed just polish them. I can live with that.

 

[DavidG]

Tom,


In my experience the mid-point handles are the scarcest by far. They were a bit shorter than either the long or no point handles which perhaps lessened their leverage and increased their failure rate.


There must have been a fair number of long-point handles in inventory as they continue to be used on deluxe coupes until very late in the model year