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Door lock knobs #2502195 05/30/18 12:36 PM 05/30/18 12:36 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 133 Scat City, USA S SleeperBee OP member
SleeperBee OP member S Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 133 Scat City, USA	I hope this isn't so obvious I feel stupid when it's over. 1969 Lynch Road Super Bee. Should the interior door lock knobs be chrome or black? Parts book lists chrome, but I feel like I've seen a lot of black over the years. Thanks for the help. Car was built in January.

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: SleeperBee] #2502336 05/30/18 05:33 PM 05/30/18 05:33 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 21,397 It's a dry heat gtx6970 Too Many Posts
gtx6970 Too Many Posts Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 21,397 It's a dry heat	black interior is USUALLY black.

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: SleeperBee] #2502339 05/30/18 05:43 PM 05/30/18 05:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 6,710 KY 65pacecar master
65pacecar master Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 6,710 KY	Our St. Louis Built 69 Road Runner has black interior and black door lock knobs.

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: SleeperBee] #2502396 05/30/18 08:41 PM 05/30/18 08:41 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 133 Scat City, USA S SleeperBee OP member
SleeperBee OP member S Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 133 Scat City, USA	I love the USUALLY. Isn't that the truth. Interior is indeed black, Y4 gold exterior and black vinyl top. Thanks Guys!

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: SleeperBee] #2502522 05/31/18 01:25 AM 05/31/18 01:25 AM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 5,123 Warrenton, VA RoadRunnerJD master
RoadRunnerJD master Joined: May 2004 Posts: 5,123 Warrenton, VA	No chrome buttons on Birds or Bees. I’ve had tannish brown ones with bronze painted upper door panels and two tone tan bench seat and blue ones with blue uppers and bucket seat interior. Black ones with black interior. I believe the color is to closely match the painted upper door panels. Last edited by RoadRunnerJD; 05/31/18 01:28 AM.

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: RoadRunnerJD] #2502647 05/31/18 12:29 PM 05/31/18 12:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,224 JERSEY RJS master
RJS master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,224 JERSEY	Your's should be Black, from what I understand the Chrome in parts book are just factory replacements Ron

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: SleeperBee] #2502763 05/31/18 05:04 PM 05/31/18 05:04 PM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 935 Elizabethtown, KY 6T9Hemi super stock
6T9Hemi super stock Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 935 Elizabethtown, KY	Black for your black interior. Door lock knobs were color coded to the interior in 69 B bodies. 1969 340 4 Speed Swinger R4, black vinyl, white butt stripe, 3:91

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: 6T9Hemi] #2507762 06/13/18 12:49 AM 06/13/18 12:49 AM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 133 Scat City, USA S SleeperBee OP member
SleeperBee OP member S Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 133 Scat City, USA	Thanks for all the responses. What about the door lock knob insert that installs on the upper door panel? Same color as the door lock knob or chrome? I can't believe this is a detail I've overlooked throughout the years. Thanks again. I looked at a 1969 Coronet wagon in a junkyard over the weekend. Knobs and inserts were already gone.

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: SleeperBee] #2507828 06/13/18 09:22 AM 06/13/18 09:22 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 784 Florida cbusters super stock
cbusters super stock Joined: May 2005 Posts: 784 Florida	Upper level interior packages have chrome buttons and the lower levels have "colored" ones. The reason most b-bodies are seen with black buttons is because black was a common color and most were ordered with low line interior codes because they were budget cars. I pulled chrome off my convertible Runner 35 years ago. Time for more research on your fender tag.

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: SleeperBee] #2507903 06/13/18 01:34 PM 06/13/18 01:34 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 30,989 Oregon A AndyF I Win
AndyF I Win A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 30,989 Oregon	Related question - has anyone found a reproduction door lock knob that actually is any good? I bought some recently from one of the Mopar shops and the thread is so tight that the knobs won't screw on. So the Chinese guy who built the mold didn't do it correctly. Anyone know of a vendor who sells reproduction door lock knobs that actually fit?

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: AndyF] #2507952 06/13/18 03:04 PM 06/13/18 03:04 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,224 JERSEY RJS master
RJS master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,224 JERSEY	Originally Posted By AndyF Related question - has anyone found a reproduction door lock knob that actually is any good? I bought some recently from one of the Mopar shops and the thread is so tight that the knobs won't screw on. So the Chinese guy who built the mold didn't do it correctly. Anyone know of a vendor who sells reproduction door lock knobs that actually fit? Had the same experience, was so happy to not have to dye knobs anymore until I tried to install them!!! More incorrect reproductions!!! Ron

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: SleeperBee] #2508025 06/13/18 05:30 PM 06/13/18 05:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 30,989 Oregon A AndyF I Win
AndyF I Win A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 30,989 Oregon	Yeah, bad reproduction stuff sucks. Could someone who sells bad reproduction parts please explain to me what the business model is? I just don't understand the point of paying tooling charges for bad parts. How exactly does that work? If you are going to invest in reproduction tooling wouldn't it make sense to have the tools made correctly so the parts are good? Spending money to make bad parts seems wasteful to me. Guess these guys all went to a different business school than me.

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: AndyF] #2508072 06/13/18 06:42 PM 06/13/18 06:42 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,224 JERSEY RJS master
RJS master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,224 JERSEY	I actually bought 2 sets, one for a friend to then realize they are junk. But what happens many times the purchaser doesn't return them so the vendor doesn't find out. That's what happened in my case I just ate it. Ron

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: SleeperBee] #2508431 06/14/18 03:15 PM 06/14/18 03:15 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 30,989 Oregon A AndyF I Win
AndyF I Win A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 30,989 Oregon	That is probably true. I bought this set from Dante so I sent him a note telling him that the knobs don't fit correctly. I might run a 8-32 tap down thru them to see if that fixes the problem.

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: AndyF] #2508789 06/15/18 11:05 AM 06/15/18 11:05 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19,310 north of coder moparx "Butt Crack Bob"
moparx "Butt Crack Bob" Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19,310 north of coder	andy, use a form tap instead of a [regular] cut tap. that way, you won't remove any material, making the knob loose on the threads.

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: RJS] #2509555 06/17/18 11:12 AM 06/17/18 11:12 AM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass DAYCLONA I Live Here
DAYCLONA I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass	Originally Posted By RJS Originally Posted By AndyF Related question - has anyone found a reproduction door lock knob that actually is any good? I bought some recently from one of the Mopar shops and the thread is so tight that the knobs won't screw on. So the Chinese guy who built the mold didn't do it correctly. Anyone know of a vendor who sells reproduction door lock knobs that actually fit? Had the same experience, was so happy to not have to dye knobs anymore until I tried to install them!!! More incorrect reproductions!!! Ron Same here, I just bought a set of white knobs, I had a set of Dorman brand Chrome knobs which fit/looked excellent, just that I needed white, so when the white ones came out, looked nice, didn't fit for $hIt, I'm like "really!", they can't even get a part so simple right?, were's the QC before during and after the production of this part?... yeah the solution was easy, just run a tap thru the part, but reworking "new" parts starts to get old lately... Could be worse I suppose?..."too loose"? then what a heli-coil... What is sad though; the Mopar repro "license guys" have been on here in the past defending their money grabbing program, esp the QC portion of it, IMHO I'd say they should forfeit any monies from licensing inferior repro parts, until they are corrected, maybe a hit in their wallet instead of ours might get some favored results?.... but in reality we all know it's just another money grab, they could give 2 $hit$ about the enthusiast... as long as the parts move,(whether they're usable or not) and monies come in who cares, right?

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: SleeperBee] #2509679 06/17/18 06:04 PM 06/17/18 06:04 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,733 A collage of whims topside Too Many Posts
topside Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,733 A collage of whims	It's the same deal on the dame lamp switches that screw into the hinge pillars: apparently the manufacturers don't bother to look at thread pitch.

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: topside] #2510391 06/19/18 02:26 PM 06/19/18 02:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass DAYCLONA I Live Here
DAYCLONA I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass	Originally Posted By topside It's the same deal on the dame lamp switches that screw into the hinge pillars: apparently the manufacturers don't bother to look at thread pitch. Agreed!...bought enough of those pieces of junk too...

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: DAYCLONA] #2510402 06/19/18 02:51 PM 06/19/18 02:51 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,224 JERSEY RJS master
RJS master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,224 JERSEY	Originally Posted By DAYCLONA Originally Posted By RJS Originally Posted By AndyF Related question - has anyone found a reproduction door lock knob that actually is any good? I bought some recently from one of the Mopar shops and the thread is so tight that the knobs won't screw on. So the Chinese guy who built the mold didn't do it correctly. Anyone know of a vendor who sells reproduction door lock knobs that actually fit? Had the same experience, was so happy to not have to dye knobs anymore until I tried to install them!!! More incorrect reproductions!!! Ron Same here, I just bought a set of white knobs, I had a set of Dorman brand Chrome knobs which fit/looked excellent, just that I needed white, so when the white ones came out, looked nice, didn't fit for $hIt, I'm like "really!", they can't even get a part so simple right?, were's the QC before during and after the production of this part?... yeah the solution was easy, just run a tap thru the part, but reworking "new" parts starts to get old lately... Could be worse I suppose?..."too loose"? then what a heli-coil... What is sad though; the Mopar repro "license guys" have been on here in the past defending their money grabbing program, esp the QC portion of it, IMHO I'd say they should forfeit any monies from licensing inferior repro parts, until they are corrected, maybe a hit in their wallet instead of ours might get some favored results?.... but in reality we all know it's just another money grab, they could give 2 $hit$ about the enthusiast... as long as the parts move,(whether they're usable or not) and monies come in who cares, right? Hey Mike do you remember off hand the tap thread??? I can tap them and re gift them back to my friend for his car. Thanks Ron

Re: Door lock knobs [Re: RJS] #2510470 06/19/18 06:32 PM 06/19/18 06:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass DAYCLONA I Live Here
DAYCLONA I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass	Originally Posted By RJS Hey Mike do you remember off hand the tap thread??? I can tap them and re gift them back to my friend for his car. Thanks Ron Ron, I tapped them 8-32, this was for a 68-70 B body application, I would "assume" Ma Mopar "most likely" used the the same thread application from 66-74? A,B,C,E ?....

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