Whenever someone mentions “Merc” I instantly thought of Mercedes instead of Mercury…
Well, great job on the work you did, @Arn38fr!
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I honestly thought this was a Door handle appreciation thread until i read the category
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One good thing about the Mercury door handles is that at least for cars up to the 70s, they will make good inside door handles too.
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Lol thats whats up, i did the same when i went back and re-read it.
As I said, I will probably put a door handle guide in the crowd sourced detailing guide thread in a not too distant future.
I feel that we need a more squared off pushbutton handle since the ones available have quite rounded shapes. For example this one from a Cadillac DeVille.
70s Plymouth Barracuda/Dodge Challenger had a quite interesting design.
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Genius! The fridge handle plus push button is ideal solution, although not very beatiful.
As for the Hemi Cuda, I’m a little bit not understand its construction.
Nice!
I just hope that you take my suggestions just as tips on what you CAN make, not things that I am BEGGING you to make.
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I think you’re right when you say “we need a more squared off pushbutton handle”.
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One other thing I wanted to set the record straight on was these. These are from a Pontiac Grand Prix (Sixth and seventh Gen, and a handful of GM products from the 00s). I understand that these are already in-game, though it is true that they look pretty similar to GM V-body door handles (Opel Omega, Holden Commodore, etc.)
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Since I already have GM on the brain, here are some I found interesting when researching the topic:
As far as I can tell, all of these are from the Opel Corsa
This last one is from a '68 Grand Prix, and couldn’t help but feel that a more squared-off one of these guys would be nice. (Was reminded of the '55 De Soto when I saw this)
Not GM related, but thought these had a distinctive shape to them to put them up here:
Side profile of the car to better represent size/placement.
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Et hop!
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Here are those interesting door handles I found, with brief history and many images.
Most 1950s cars used the push-button door handles, although Dodge, Chrysler and Imperial has introduced the first car with pull-up (recessed/flush) door handles in 1957.
By the 1960s, the pull-up (recessed/flush) door handles became more popular, when safety regulations started to play role in an automotive design.
Early non-American cars with pull-up (recessed/flush) door handles are: Toyota Crown (S40), Alfa Romeo 105/115 Coupés, Honda L700, Nissan Cedric (130)/Datsun 2000/2300/2400 and Leyland Australia YDO9 (Nomad)/YDO15 (1300/1500)
Although the pull-up (recessed/flush) door handles are very common from 1970s to early 2000s, the trigger-type or pull-out door handles existed from 1970s to early 2000s.
Some cars from 1970s to early 2000s with non-pull-up door handles are: Mercedes-Benz W123 (no image), Porsche 924/944, Mercedes-Benz W126, Renault 5 5-door (1st generation), Fiat Regata (post-1986/1987 facelift, no image), Isuzu Bighorn/Trooper and Hyundai Tiburon/Coupé.
From 2000s onwards, the pull-out door handles are back in fashion and it is currently the most common type of car door handles. However, the pull-up door handles are remained in use today, mainly in city (A-Segment) and subcompact (B-Segment) cars.
Examples of 21st-century cars with pull-up door handles: Renault Symbol/Thalia (2nd generation), Hyundai Eon, Mitsubishi Mirage (6th generation)/Space Star (2nd Generation), Chevrolet Spin, Hyundai Santro/Atos (AH2) and Maruti Suzuki Wagon R (3rd generation, these door handles are also found in both Japanese and Indian-built Altos, 3rd generation Celerio and S-Presso).
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Figure I’d put these up here since they’re from a New car: The BMW G26 chassis (4-series Gran Coupe, i4, various other upcoming models)
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I’m pretty sure Audi also used pull-up handles in the early-mid 2000s
OT:
Probably just a thought but I’m interested in how it would look like if sphere door handles (like the ones in houses) fitted into a car. I know its not realistic at all, but I’d like to see one.
And a more serious note, Volvo S90 handles.
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Actually, the Volvo Venus Bilo concept from the 30s had door knobs, I think that there is a pic in my door handle post in “crowd sourced detailing guides”
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Does anyone recognize this early recessed pull out tear drop style car door handle? Trying to recognized the vehicle from an old photo shot in Ireland.
AI and Reverse Image Search was not helpful- Identified as coming from Kaiser Darin Roadster yet this is clearly some type of four door sedan.
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I find it interesting since it seems to be a pullout style handle with a recess in the door. Quite advanced for its time when streamlining was popular somewhere between then 1930’s and late 50’s?