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Paul, thanks for the response. I am thinking that I may see what I can do to repair the unit I have. I don't know whether the broken pot metal can be fixed but I am thinking that the plastic parts that work the cable could be reproduced by a machine shop, assuming I can get everything apart. It looks like the hooked end of the cable broke off, and the white piece into which that goes broke, as well as the black cable clamp part. I think I can heat the cable and add a new hook to it, and then lengthen the reproduction of the white interior piece to make up for the difference in length of the cable. So I think plan A is going to be to try to fix what I have.

I might be able to get the connector from Clark's Corvair Parts. They have a lot of those things. I'll hunt there.

Mostly last night I was really discouraged by the number of parts that need to be repaired or replaced. I am going to have to find a machine shop that is willing to do small jobs, so that will be a challenge. I think I know where I can send the housing, if it is repairable at all.

I'm curious, how well do these work when they are operable? I have heard this setup described as being pretty Mickey Mouse, but having seen it, I assume this derives from all the plastic in the control head. Does it do a decent job of actually controlling speed?

Also while I was on vacation, my dealer color and uphostery selector which I won on eBay came. What a cool thing that is!