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A couple years ago, I had the exact same issue.
At that time there were no alternatives, (that I was able to source) so unfortunately I ended up buying new repop handles that worked with those knobs. (They were flat holes instead of the cone type)
I am not sure tho if someone makes them now
 
A couple years ago, I had the exact same issue.
At that time there were no alternatives, (that I was able to source) so unfortunately I ended up buying new repop handles that worked with those knobs. (They were flat holes instead of the cone type)
I am not sure tho if someone makes them now
Yeah I think I found your post after I made mine. Thanks
 
I am relatively new to Mustang restoration, and people I knew that were in to Mustangs recommended Scott Drake to me. I bought a few Scott Drake parts at the beginning of my resto and none of them were quite right. I ended up buying other brand parts and using them instead. My question is; have Scott Drake parts always been like this or is it since Holley bought them out? I can't really grasp how they are so often recommended, if the quality of the parts I ordered is an indicator of their overall quality. Or is most of their stuff great and I just happened to buy some of the stuff that they are not good at?
 
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It just slays me that companies go to all the trouble to remanufacture parts and then do it so wrong. It's not like they even picked a specific version of a part, they just do it wrong. What's the point?
 
This is how I rebuilt mine. https://72mach1mustang.blogspot.com/2023/07/window-winder-handles.html
Mine is a 72. Fortunately the handles were in good shape..
Basically I bought 73 window winder handle that have the knobs installed. I then removed the knobs and reinstalled them on my original 72 handles using a screw and washer after carefully drilling out the new knob.
The 73 handle is different to the 71/72 where it connects to the window winder assembly.

See my blog for more detail as to the steps.
 

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