About Us

As a family-owned and operated company, Dennis Carpenter has been making Ford restoration parts for over 50 years. As a kid, Daniel Carpenter was at his dad's side in 1970 when Dennis hand poured the first plastic dash knobs for his 1940 Ford convertible in an unfinished room in their home. Demand for these was strong because no one had ever made factory-correct replacement knobs, and good originals were impossible to find. The business was birthed, and soon thereafter, Dennis purchased his first injection molding machine for making larger runs of higher quality knobs.

As the business grew, Dennis Carpenter Ford Restorations began manufacturing and selling rubber seals, rubber bumpers, die-cast chrome parts, and metal stamped parts. In 1998 Ford granted us the honor to use the original Ford factory tooling for many parts that we now make. Today we have over 160 employees at our facility making and selling quality Ford parts. We now have 12 plastic injection molding machines, a rubber extruding operation, 54 rubber molding machines, 48 metal stamping presses, 2 zinc die casting machines, 3 roller mills, and other specialty equipment for making high-quality parts in America.  Everything from sheet metal and weather stripping to dash parts, wiring, and much more. 

In today's Ford restoration parts market, where most parts manufactured by others are sourced overseas (due to economics), we are proud to say that 85% of Dennis Carpenter rubber products, 95% of stamped metal parts, 99% of plastic injected parts and 100% of Ford tooling parts are made in the U.S.A. Sometimes products made in the USA cost a little more than those made overseas, but you can rest in the fact that our parts are made from the highest quality materials and offer long-term durability.

Thank you for choosing Dennis Carpenter to be your restoration parts supplier, we appreciate your business!