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Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 11:37 pm
by Bil Brown
I saw a car at RennV with late door handles that were drilled with 4-5 holes for lightening, the look was very cool. Does anyone make them? I did`nt get a pic. I was counting a dozen or more 917s and prolly 20 versions of early 4 cyl & 8 cyl Spyders! It was an epic event!

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:48 am
by Vic Skirmants
Probably on Ron Goodman's car. They repaired one of my customer's cars and did the same drilling.

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:45 am
by C J Murray
I hear he also drills holes in his pocket change for lightness!

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:15 am
by Eric McKinley
If I'm not mistaken if you go on YouTube, jay Lenos garage, there is a video of Ron Goodman displaying a 356 with the drilled handles you mention.

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:44 am
by Eric McKinley
I tried looking for it, I must be wrong, I watched a video recently with a 356 with drilled handles, I will keep looking and report back.

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:02 am
by C J Murray
Eric, you must be referring to Ron Goodman's one and a half hour professional feature film, "Road to Monterey"? A link was posted on Talk by Ron a while back.

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:41 am
by Bil Brown
I looked at my pics, and it was`nt Ron Goodman`s car that had the drilled handles.

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:09 pm
by Eric McKinley
Bill,

Have a look at Onassis Porsche, they offer a service to drill the handles and rechrome.

It does look good.

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:05 pm
by Bil Brown
Thanks Eric! I`ll check it out.

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:21 am
by Bil Brown
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I agree with them that drilling these handles is not a simple task, lots of compound curves and you`d probably have to drill from the top side.....after stripping the chrome ?? I like`m and I want a couple sets. Looks like you send them yours, and they drill them for $150/pr, no price for the re-plating.

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:56 pm
by Bob Campbell
I witnessed Ron Goodman drilling his early coupe into the concrete barrier at Rennsport last weekend. Does he offer that service also?

Bob

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 4:12 pm
by Michael Moss
Bill did they look like this? I did a set for my 64 and a friends 60. Mike

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 4:19 pm
by Bil Brown
Mike.....they looked just like that, maybe the holes were champhered a little, but yours look very nice. Did you replate after drilling? Ya want to do a couple pairs for me?....Bill

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 5:11 pm
by Steve Raucher
Yes the drilled holes on the door handles do look trick.
I had breakfast on that Saturday of Rennsport at Denny's in Seaside and Ron Goodman and his team here crammed into the first booth.
After they ate he paid the bill and I said hello, enjoyed the U tube video, and wished him luck.
Guess his luck ran out at the guardrail but he looked good and quick otherwise.
Steve

Re: Drilled outside door handles

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:55 pm
by Mark Cohn
A set of these is now on my wish list!