[jon@harrison.ne]

I have had some straps on my slabside replica for several years and they work great. I cut them out of 1/4" leather that I got at a shoe repair place and dyed them black. The important thing to do is to add a "fulcrum" that the strap bends around to create a force more near perpendicular to the plane of the door and keep the strap off the door jam. I replicated what the originals had using steel tube about 1 1/4" OD securely attached to the door jam. One end of the strap is held to the tube with a screw and finish washer. This is what original 289's had. I don't know about 427's.