[tucsonjwt]

Actually, I did have my existing factory parking brake release handle but the plastic handle snapped off because the extreme desert heat degraded the plastic, which happens to everything made of plastic or rubber in the desert.

As I noted in the above referenced thread, the LMC is a stake on type - so you will have to buy their stake on style handle and factory style rod (with protruding lugs which jam into the hole in the handle.) Others posting here said they let their handle bake in the sun before jamming it onto the rod. I would imagine that using a heat gun would accomplish this also.

I think I prefer threading the end of the factory style rod to the stake on or DIY jam on style, because the desert heat will likely cause the plastic jam on style handle to break off again. Having a threaded handle means I can just get another thread on style handle when that happens. Those thread on style handles are more common - used throughout the 60s and 70s for many GM cars. Since 60s and 70s muscle cars have active collectors and restorers, I think those thread on style handles will always be available, as they are now.

Of course, you would have to invest $10 ($8 with the always available 20% discount coupon) in a high quality Harbor Freight SAE tap and die set, as well as a small bottle of cutting fluid or 3 in 1 machine oil. I found I needed to file the diameter of the rod down a bit to get the die started. It takes a 12-24 die to cut the threads in the end of the rod.