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After years of collecting doors and door parts for my 1926 TT closed cab truck I finally have enough usable parts to start rebuilding them. I’m going to have lots of questions as I work on the doors, but the first question comes as I start to work on the door handle/latch area for the first door. I bought two reproduction inner door handles from one of the vendors and realized that they don’t match. I also have two original door handles that don’t match either. I should add that the two original door handles came from doors that likely were not from the same truck so I don’t believe that a truck would have had mismatched handles.
Door handle “A” is an original and matches door handle “C” which is a reproduction. Door handle “B” is an original and matches door handle “D” which is a reproduction. Which style of inner door handle would be correct for a 1926 TT? Is one style early and one is late? I find it odd that the vendors would have had two different styles mixed in together in the same batch, I bought them both at the same time.

Another question that I will have eventually will be about the window channels and the attachment of the strap to the window clamp/glass. Does anybody have any good detailed pictures from when they were rebuilding TT doors?

Thanks

Do the original parts have part numbers on them? There are part number lists available for most Model Ts. I'd think the door handles should match, unless one is left and one is right, but I don't know that for certain.

My late 25 (Aug) closed cab had original cast iron Ford stamped handles as in A, the upper right version.
They were impossible to find in the eighties, I used to sand cast repro's out of aluminum and sell them back then...wonder how many TT's still have those aluminum handles....pretty sure I kept a stash of them, buried lord knows where now.

The bottom version looks to me more like early year Model A

Kurt,
Handles B & D have “D” marked on the back. Handles A & C have no markings.

Maybe both A & C are repros of the TT handles.
Mine had 'Ford' script stamped on the side of the shaft surround. Clear enough that my sand casts faithfully maintained.
I went digging this afternoon, no joy yet. But I know I gave some extras to the guy who bought it in ATL, might be able to snag some next road trip if I don't find any.

When you place A & C similar to the pic above showing the D stamp, do A & C appear to be fatter/more oval shape than the straighter length of B & D