Got parking brake cables detailed and installed. As with all things on this car, these took way longer than I expected. There are significant differences between the NOS cables and the originals of this time period of production, and so I went back to the originals to make sure that every detail was addressed. Blue paint daubs on the tips were matched with original colors - indicates that these cables are for a V8 car.
Note grooved/ridges on this section of hose, and true of all hose sections. NOS and reproductions don't have this along with some other differences. Brackets on this car were all painted black, and I was able to confirm the "L.H." on at least one other original car. Here's a picture of an original car.
Another interesting often missed detail are these little wire clips used to hold the brake cable in place during assembly. I have also seen a small plastic clip used instead of this but for the same purpose.
The following pic is before restoration, showing the original wire clip still in place before disassembly. (Note how the whole underside of the car was detailed with black paint as part of the "show car prepared process" used at Ford for this and a few other K cars of this period that were sent to dealers prior to July 4th , 1964. I confirmed with Ford that in-fact there were "significant challenges" in keeping up with production during this period. So when the K's were too far behind to get them into showrooms before the all important July 4th weekend, they cobbled together a few and sent them to their highest volume DSOs in an attempt to entice orders. I mentioned all of this before, but touching on it again here since getting the info back from Ford archives.)
And this is after restoration. Note the little bit of orange paint daub under the bracket. I found this paint daub on both sides of the car, so I recreated it before installing the bracket. Not sure the purpose of it, since both HiPO cars and non-Hipo V8 cars had these brackets located in the same place. I mention this in an earlier post.
