Dryerventwizard Posted November 10, 2020 Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) Can someone help me i cant figure out how to connect the trunk handle to the license plate backing the original one has a broken handle so I have the handle and plate to put it on. The old one has some kind of metal crimped on with a spring under neath. See pics. Edited November 10, 2020 by Dryerventwizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydodge Posted November 11, 2020 Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 Whilst my car is Plymouth based & uses a 1940 Plymouth handle & taillight fitting, see pic, the way the handle is attached is the same.....there is a tubular "ferrule" that holds the handle to the mount with a flat spring washer between the ferrule and the underneath of the mount.........the ferrule is crimped onto the handle shaft.............I used a small die grinder to grind the crimped areas enough so that the ferrule could be spun on the handle and slowly worked off the handle allowing the removal of the handle , I had a spare piece of tube that matched the worn hole in the mount and I used it to take up the wear and then used the ferrule to hold the handle back on, by attaching the ferrule at 90 degrees to where it had been........still working fine................andyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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