Richbrook do some nice accessories. Their speciality seems to be anything that can be milled from Aluminium Billet. I have two of their bits on the Molemobile
Like may owners I had broken the knob off the end of the original plastic
rear window winder. Was not going to pay Ford prices for a new one, and as I've
got the rare brown interior I wasn't likely to find one in the Breakers either.
So Richbrook to the rescue. The handles are expensive, but beautifully made. The
Universal ones should fit your car, but you need to do a little modding.
In fact the collar that goes down over the handle spindle is too long and stops the handle fitting close to the door. I removed 3mm of the spines from the insides of the Richbrook collar so it now sits down over the spindle fully and is close to the door trim.
The finished winders look very good in the car. Are nice and heavy and wont break easily. I've kept the old plastic so that these can go on my next car.
Several passengers have commented on them
Definitely recommended with the caveat that you will need to do a little work to get them to fit well. A Dremmel helps here.
The winders are available in Silver, blue and red.
What can I say, Simple, neat stylish and practical. Go buy one!
Only caveat is that the will not fit heavily curved screens as they are very flat. Also Originally I had a cheaper copy, but it wouldn't stick and the pads were obvious. Buy the genuine Richbrook. I notice they also now to a kit with spare allen key, screw and lots of sticky pads.
Available in Silver, Black, Blue, Red, Gold and purple/pink
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