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Old 06-04-09, 05:05
Bob Carriere Bob Carriere is offline
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Default How about......

.....making a mold of the vulcanized rubber used for casting lead soldiers..... and make them of pewter/lead....... melts at low temp..... and would not crack like plastic........once painted... you would not be able to ell them apart.

Let's turn the barn into a science lab....... Kaboom!!!!!

PS...... Back when I was in TO ..... I did cast some pewter buttons for my 1812 uniform..... so the learning curve would not be so steep !!!

..... would you like some grenades with that ...?

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Old 06-04-09, 05:11
Bruce Parker (RIP) Bruce Parker (RIP) is offline
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Default Original??

I've never seen a door knob like that one on a CMP before. There are the usual ones for Chev (brown, kind of squarish) and Ford (pinkish and 'ribbed'). Brian Asbury had some of the Chev ones and may still. The Ford ones were a little harder to find.
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Old 06-04-09, 10:30
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I've never seen a door knob like that one on a CMP before. There are the usual ones for Chev (brown, kind of squarish) and Ford (pinkish and 'ribbed'). Brian Asbury had some of the Chev ones and may still. The Ford ones were a little harder to find.
Your description of the Chev knobs sounds like the choke and throttle knobs listed for 1939 and 1940 Chevs (described as "rose tan" in some catalogs).
It sounds as if the press on knob to a rectangular tang was at least a semi-standard design since there now seem to have been at least three different moulds made to make them.
The design seems better suited for a sideways load than a pulling load, although it took a fair effort to take the knob off the tang. Any ideas what else they were used on? Think about knobs on almost anything. The tang seems too heavy duty for the old style toasters that had a flip down door on each side.
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Old 06-04-09, 15:46
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Default Some where I have seen a match

Some where in the past I remember coming across a knob like this in a catalog but have not been able to find it. I'm sure this was a standard shape for a knob.

I'll keep looking.

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Old 06-04-09, 17:38
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Some where in the past I remember coming across a knob like this in a catalog but have not been able to find it. I'm sure this was a standard shape for a knob.

I'll keep looking.

Cheers Phil
Thank you Phil, the basic knob shape looks very common, the tang receptacle on the back seems less common than a round hole. The round holed wersion exists for choke and throttle cables (presumably threaded inside??) and for window cranks (pressed on to a rivet with circumferential ridges). I've checked some Chev parts suppliers and McMaster Carr online without finding the "right" knobs. I haven't checked my parts books to find out if the knobs have Chev or Ford numbers (and if they are CMP unique or generic parts), nor have I checked the Master Parts catalogs to see if they have other known applications. The research results will follow.
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Old 06-04-09, 18:12
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Default Vent Knob on cab over

Hi Grant

FORD Knob - C29Q-812086

Chev group number 16.245 and 16.130 T-40854

I've been through my Chevy Mapleleaf master parts book but have not found the cross-over to the non military. When I need one I thought seriously about using the correct shape and milling out the slot on the back.

I'm surprised that in 30 years I have not lost one though.

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Old 08-04-09, 03:04
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Default Chev Knobs

A comparison of Chev door and choke/throttle knobs. Ford were different in that the door knobs were 'ringed' and quite reddish.
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Old 06-04-09, 05:13
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Hi guys

Thanks Alex for the kind words. Yes it would be very easy to cast these knobs in resin. The best would be to use a NOS one but it would be possible to clean that original one up.

Bob, I can get resin and dyes to make a hard durable "plastic" that would be in the same or close to colour of the orignal. Pewter would work but then you would always have the problem on paint chips and that they are metal and not plastic.
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