Door Parts - wipers and stuff
[QUOTE The '48 through '64 trucks and wagons used basically the same door configuration that the different styles of door handles would interchange. My '63 wagon door would fit on your '48, without any modification of any of the operating mechanisms.[/QUOTE]
I'm really working toward finding a new latch for my driver door. The passenger door closes like a bank vault (it should considering how much money is in it), but the driver side latch is just worn out - too many operating cycles.
I had wondered if the latch itself had changed when they went from the push button interior handle to the "swing handle". From what I see in the link, the latch mechanism didn't change, so I have a lot larger junkyard population to look through for a replacement.
AS for the wiper replacement, it's not too hard to do - unless the dern cables slip off the spring tensioned pulleys and then it gets interesting.