Cab 13 mystery brackets

[Alastair Thomas]

Jacques, Sorry about the confusion rods vs cables. I have no evidence of either and will check for balls next time I visit the truck.
I would be most interested to know how to contact Dennis Carpenter as I do not have the knobs either.

[Grant Bowker]

http://dennis-carpenter.com/
This is a list http://www.vintagepartsource.com/ford%20parts.htm of many suppliers of Ford parts. It is often useful to check several of them. It is surprising how often I've seen different suppliers selling what appear to be the same repro parts at very different prices. Also, some might have NOS parts at virtually the same price as others are selling the repros for. In addition, some (openly) sell parts that they source from others on the list.

[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by Alastair Thomas

Jacques, Sorry about the confusion rods vs cables. I have no evidence of either and will check for balls next time I visit the truck.
I would be most interested to know how to contact Dennis Carpenter as I do not have the knobs either.

Hi Alastair,

No problems. When I replied I was thinking about my first CMP truck in the early nineties which had cables jury rigged to the choke and throttle. As it turned out, they were cut down Bren Carrier cables and knobs. For a long time I didn't know they were not the correct items. It was only until I started to obtain the various publications for the vehicle or saw other CMP trucks that I knew they were not original.

Luckily I held on to them after I obtained the correct rods and knobs, and 20 years later when I found out what they were, was able to pass them on to someone who could use them.

Moral of the story: Never throw out anything thinking it is junk until you determine what it is.

Cheers,