Door Catch Straps

[lippy]

Scroll down this page on the ERA website. They tend to be very correct with this sort of thing. Options list

[DanEC]

My ERA ones have a loop that fits over the ball on the door latch release lever and the other end attaches to the underside of the door with a phillips head screw near the center side curtain bezel. I looked though a bunch of photo galleries of original cars and found a number showing the straps but none with any close up details of exactly how they were fastened on the original cars. Maybe an owner of an original will chime in.

[FatBoy]

Thank you Dan.

I seem to recall seeing on an original car that the front end of the strap was fastened to the bottom of the centre sidescreen ferrule by a ring.

Paul

[DanEC]

That would make sense. I hope someone can post a picure of an original showing this detail.

[tgif]

Here are some photos of the door pull strap on my unrestored 289 cobra. The strap has a sewn in loop at each end and is then is just looped through itself at the end loop around the side curtain ferrule. I have seen a couple of other unrestored 289 cobras that had the same/similar configuration, but I have not seen original shelby factory photos close up of this area.
-sorry for the double post-