RE: Emergency Brake Cable

I believe mine are original. I have seen those repo ones. I believe Ford actually upgraded to the hard rubber casing (for anti corrosion purposes). Being in GM parts and having seen this, you do have to be carefull of the ends. I ordered a set of E/Brk cables for one of my long time customer's 72 C/10 P/up. They had changed part #'s 3 or 4 times (The frt one was Discon), Anyhow the ends at the wheels were different. We wound up having to order later model drum brk hardware to make it work. I suspect that's where you'll be with your TB. Add self adjusters while you're at it. That really helps. I believe all Ford's 61 & newer have em.

Have you ever replaced Tail light bulbs? Are those sockets difficult or what? Mine's in the re-assembly mode at the body shop right now.
Looks pretty good so far (Back to Corinthian White)
What a project !!!!

John

RE: Emergency Brake Cable

Thanks for the info on the origins of that emergency brake cable. Decades ago I converted my 1959 Thunderbird to the 1961 self-adjusting system. It is a bolt in. The only problem is on one side the star adjuster does not line up with the access slot.

Changing a bulb on a 1958 and 1959 is a 5 minute job. On a 1960, it is a project. What were the enginneers thinkin when they designed that assembly?

Alexander
1959 Hardtop
1960 Golde Top

RE: Emergency Brake Cable

Ha Ha !!

What were they thinking when they designed half the systems on that car ??!!! Guys that work on the Space Shuttle would look at a 60 TBird and say "WOW"