Ambulance door latch question

[olymon]

I'm doing a rebuild of the rooted out corner of an ambulance door for my 79. I was wondering if anyone could send a picture of the way it is shaped abs shows the hole orientation. I assumse that it is the same size hole and screw hole placement.

 

[wimberosa]

Perhaps this is what you need (from a prior repair of mine). I can post more finished pics or measurements
for the 79 if this doesn't suffice.

Build Post in thread 'Wimberosa's build: Loretta dances again'

Nov 18, 2022

A few updates to follow on things I've tested and been working on.

Firstly, my attempt at "coating" the inside of my rear doors with epoxy primer semi-worked....but its insufficient. I closed up all the holes with painters tape and proceeded to pour excess primer into the door well. I then spent about 15 minutes rotating the door through various gyrations in an attempt to get the paint to every crevice. It DOES get into almost all the side joints but is an insufficient "full" coat on the inside of the door. The pic here of my doors "looks" like it got a good grey primer coat...

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[olymon]

I covered the top with tape and copied the profile. I flipped the profile and I'm gong to recreate it on some 3/16" plate. The whole corner is going to be cobbled together from scratch.

 

[olymon]

 

[olymon]

 

[olymon]

Crude, but who's really going to notice this on the bottom of the door? It's a good 10 footer. Any closer and you'll see it.

 

[olymon]

Instead of searching forever for one of these specialty clips, I made something similar from some spring steel I have. It kind of works like two Bobby pins latches to grab onto the striker lift control rod of the ambulance door.

 

[olymon]

Well, The door repair turned out fairly good. All internals put in place and it works smoothly. I can't find my lower latch catch that mounts to the bed. For now it just latches on the top, but I'll work that out.

 

[RevISK]

Nice