Ok, I don't know if anyone has posted anything like this before, I didn't see anything in the search, so here goes. I was tired of my broken door handles on my car, always having to use both hands to open the doors, and having to open the door for anyone who was a passenger. The cost of replacement door handles and even the repair kit seemed outrageous to me. Plus I couldn't afford them if I wanted to. So, after carefully analyzing what needed to happen for the door handles to work properly again, I ran into the junk pile which is my garage and started sifting through the junk. I found some small steel shelf brackets and some hardware and went to work. I flattened out the brackets and used a dremel tool to trim one side to fit perfectly inside the pivot point of the door handle and much to my surprise, the hole that was already in the bracket matched up perfectly with the existing hole in the door, Installed the hardware with the nut and washer to the inside of the door and whammo! In the span of 25 minutes repaired both door handles. I can now open both doors with my pinky finger. Of course this is not for those of you going for concours restorations, But for someone short on cash, It is a solid repair that should be much stronger than it was originally. I have no idea of how to post pictures on this website, but if anyone is interested, I could, through email, talk you through this simple process. Or, if you are not very mechanically inclined, I may be able to whip a set up for you. If this is old hat and someone has already done it, Please disregard this post. Thanks. Steve S.

Nice work..

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