Rocky - I am aware of John’s modification. Thanks but no photos needed.
Thanks for the feedback, guys. Only good news so far is that none of you have pointed out how blind I am to have missed some pertinent explanation of my problem.
The bottom line is WHY is a part that is universal to all Panteras, successfully manufactured by Ford by the thousands, something a Pantera vendor seems to be unable to correctly reproduce?
Modifying the carburetor bracket would not solve the problem; there simply isn’t enough “free” cable at the pedal end of the assembly. Carburetor end of the cable is just fine. Modifying the center tunnel bracket would work, and using some coupler nuts would work.
But what doesn’t work is buying a reproduction part, only to find out it flat out will not work.
If I wanted a cable that doesn’t work I could buy one a lot cheaper at pick N pull.
Come Monday I will be calling other vendors to buy two or three more cables and see if one of them has actually figured out how to correctly reproduce a throttle cable.
Once I figure this out I will re-post; hopefully I will find at least one vendor that I can recommend to other owners.
Right now I have one that I certainly wouldn’t recommend.
Larry