Ford Falcon door hold repair

Old Car.

Old man.

The lower mounting on the right hand side back passenger handle - shattered.

Disassembled it. The fiberglass repair(?) is not mine.

Previous owner?

Or how they made them back then? Dunno.

I do now know the plastic quality back then (2005) was awful...

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The top mounting was intact...

Again more fibreglass.

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I couldn't remove the stem without shattering it more. It was like pinching a violet crumble with long nosed pliers.

Eventually I managed to grab it from the underside by loosening the door panel.

I tided up the shattered end of the handle and managed to adhere a large washer cut to fit - over the large shattered hole.

This was how the door mounting then looked...

I played with cardboard templates to cut a piece of sheet metal to fit the above.

But not too big and be visible.

Nut rivet - 6mm steel variety.

Pre-drilled pop-rivet holes.

Carefully positioned and attached. In the end I only needed two points for a really strong grip.

Handle re-positioned and 6mm bolt attached using another smaller washer.

Done.

Feels very firm.

See what the future brings. Probably the top will fracture next. 🤔

Cheers!

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