vehicle door 10 of the vehicle for example where the vehicle being restored is a 1970 dodge dart an appropriate reinforcement plate 18 having a latch opening 28 and fastener openings 30 which correspond to the door handle 12 of the 1970 dodge dart is selected next at step block 104 the door handle 12 of the vehicle door 10 is at least partially inserted into openings of the vehicle door 10 to position the door handle 12 against the outer surface 14 of the vehicle door 10 where required such as where an entire new vehicle door 10 is necessary holes may be drilled through the vehicle door 10 to receive the door handle 12 the reinforcement plate 18 is positioned at the inner surface 16 of the vehicle door 10 at step block 106 in one example the reinforcement plate 18 is positioned such that the flange portions 26 extend in a direction toward the inner compartment of the vehicle the latch mechanism 20 of the door handle 12 is extended through the latch opening 28 of the reinforcement plate 18 and the reinforcement plate 18 is pushed directly against the inner surface 16 of the vehicle door 10 such that it is directly adjacent to the door handle 12 at step block 108 the fastener openings 30 of the reinforcement plate 18 are aligned with the existing fastener openings of the door handle 12 finally at step block 110 the fasteners 22 are inserted into the fastener openings 30 at the.