Bob, yeah and they are totally sealed and waterproof, so everything inside will stay dry. Where I worked we sold the Pelican boxes, and they are really expensive. These Harbor Freight versions look just as good, have great reviews on line, and are super cheap. I am so glad I found these.
Bamamav, that is a good idea about the keyed alike locks. We have those on our shop garage door and it makes it easy since only one key does them all.
As I wind down on getting this project finally done, there are still a few small items to wrap up. We need to finish the nerf bar and get the license plate light and license plate mounted, and then spray some clear on the bar to keep it from rusting. Then, Dan has to make the two door sill fillers to go between the interior floor and the doors, and I need to then get those painted.
After all of that, I will call Grundy Insurance and add this car to my existing policies that I have there on my 27 and my Mustang, and then I can go to the DMV and get my plates. Since I have only driven this car around the block probably 5 times, I expect some little bugs when I finally get to take it down the road.
I aligned the car with a tape measure, but I will take it to an alignment shop to have it dialed in better, and then I can take it to a local truck shop that I have used in the past and have all four tires spun balanced right on the car. I had that done on my 27 and it really made a huge difference in the way it rode.
One very little thing that I have been putting off is finishing up the secondary door latches on the car. I replaced the original Ford latches with Bear Claw latches and those close like a new car, but I wanted additional insurance since these early hot rod doors are a little on the flimsy side. So, a while back, we installed a set of Suicide Doors pin type latches that are operated by a secondary lever on the bottom of each door. When you get in, you close the door, and then reach down and flip the little knob into the closed position. That way you have additional security that the door will not pop open going down the road.
Suicide Doors latches come with a longer than needed shaft so that it will work in a variety of applications, and you cut it to the length you need and then grind a flat spot where the set screw goes, slip the little handle on, and tighten down the set screw. I did not care for the small set screw they give you and it has a slotted screw driver head, so I tapped it out to a number 10 set screw and put one with an allen head in there so I could torque it really well. As added insurance, I put some locktite on the allen head.
So, that little job is out of the way, and when my license light comes from Speedway on Wednesday we can finish up the rear nerf bar. Here are a couple of pictures of the Suicide Doors latches I installed tonight, nothing major, just one more little thing out of the way.
