Shifters and knobs

[Stone]

Do any of you guys have pics of your/or other's kustom shift knobs and shifters.What about do you guys run the extended high rise roth-esque shifter.Thanks guys.

[hollywud]

Like this?

[4t64rd]

http://home.earthlink.net/~mdandmc/images/Fingers.jpg http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[kustombuilder]

this was cast and painted by our own TIKIRANCH...

[JohnnyB327]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/johnnyb327/shiftknob.jpg

[snortonnorton]

I built this shifter for my custom norton, i took solid aluminum stock, hollowed most of it out on a lathe, and then walking through the hardware store i saw this Three way Air Hose attachment already colored translucent blue. looks cool and cheap.

always make your own shit when you can, anyone can throw money at a project, but if you make everything yourself, you really make something special.

keep on building!!!

[Stone]

Very nice guys.

[tommy]

I saw one today at the Mob town Grease ball. A hood ornament. The one where the girl is laying on her stomoch with her arms propping up her chin. Bolted vertically to the shifter, you grab her hiney as you push it up into second on a three speed. I thought it was different.

[Stone]

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I saw one today at the Mob town Grease ball. A hood ornament. The one where the girl is laying on her stomoch with her arms propping up her chin. Bolted vertically to the shifter, you grab her hiney as you push it up into second on a three speed. I thought it was different.

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That sounds sweet.How did you guys make those skull knobs and how can I try and make one?

[AV8Paul]

This is an antique lead glass door knob. I admired one in a friends car, so he dug around in his trunk for it's mate.

[tredboy]

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[tredboy]

here's mine 'before', i really do need to get an 'after' picture...

[dubie]

Here is mine in my 67 GMC. Its a HURST indy 3 speed floor conversion shift kit with a piston from a 5hp Briggs and Stratton snow blower engine. I am fabbing up a 40" shifter for it so the piston can sit atop of it

[JamesG]

Here ya go.

[Stone]

awesome guys keep em comming.

[JamesG]

This ones kinda creepy......But I've got a ton to choose from. All I have to do is go swipe one off the floor of my Daughters room!

http://www.danielstrohl.com/pintomod5.jpg

[Bob K]

8 Balls are for 8 Cylinder's

http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL237/1412684/4140317/67866666.jpg

6 Balls are for 6 Cylinder's

B http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif B

[Fat Hack]

I never dug "cutsey" shift knobs...I like my balls round and solid! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Here's the shifter I made for my Chevy...with a four speed H-pattern ball on it!

[heyitsnate]

here's mine....i got rid of the boot,though,that was a joke. it also sits right between yer' legs.

[FLAT-TOP BOB]

this one was just done a few weeks ago by norm grabowski

[middleskewl]

This one was a box of parts when i got it at a swap
meet. Found the pool balls at the same swap meet.

[Pigiron]

Mine.

[Broman]

Yeesh,

Couldn't find a bigger tach Pigiron? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif


I am wondering if I should get a beer tapper for a shifter or go the hard route. What's the hard route you ask, well the hard route is to find a neat shot glass and drill a hole in the bottom of it. But I don't know how easy (or difficult) it is to drill into glass. I was goind to fill the glass with a brandy colored resin and tap the threads into that so I could actually use the knob to shift. Has anyone done something like that?



And speaking of resins....

How do guys like Tikiranch and Mcphail make the molds and what kind of resin do they use - is it at art supply stores?

....btw I never understood why people never put a 4-ball on their shifters when they have four speeds, and I never really put two and two together and realized that the 8-ball meant V8....DUH!!! I just thought it was used for it's "outsider" appeal (being the only black ball)....sometimes I wonder about myself.....

[PAPASMURF]

I have the middle finger on a tall shifter. looks right out the chopped windshield frame http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif. Photobuckets down but will post tomorow... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Pigiron]

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Yeesh,

Couldn't find a bigger tach Pigiron?




[/ QUOTE ]The tach is in the dash. That big gauge on the column is a Stewart Warner Police Special speedometer from the 1950s.

[Kojack]

Since this is on topic, anyone seen those shifter knobs that are brass I think, and it's a wolf's head with a top hat? I remember seeing it in a mag and lost it...

[attitudor]

I just bought one ugly skull from my trip to Sweden. It was supposed to be a piggybank... Coin hole and everything...

Have you already seen these too cool finnish creations?
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=550567&page=&view=&sb=5&o =&fpart=1&vc=1

[hell_fish_65]

[ QUOTE ]
I am wondering if I should get a beer tapper for a shifter or go the hard route. What's the hard route you ask, well the hard route is to find a neat shot glass and drill a hole in the bottom of it. But I don't know how easy (or difficult) it is to drill into glass. I was goind to fill the glass with a brandy colored resin and tap the threads into that so I could actually use the knob to shift. Has anyone done something like that?

[/ QUOTE ]

Just use a glass and tile bit from the hardware store. It will look like a arrowhead. Work slowly and don't force the bit.

[Antibilly]

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[truth]

here's one of mine...

[Broman]

[ QUOTE ]
Just use a glass and tile bit from the hardware store. It will look like a arrowhead. Work slowly and don't force the bit.

[/ QUOTE ]


Well I knew it was possible, I have seen some things at those god forsaken craft shows my wife drags me to....I saw one of those glass blocks (the kind they used to use for windows in brick building basements) with a hole drilled in it and stuff crammed into it. I figured if an old lady with a penchant for making tacky home furnishings can do it I can too....

Now I just need more info on resins and stuff like that. Anyone? For the shot-glass a clear resin with a brown tint and for the skull/devil-heads etc....what do they use? And how do they make the molds? Ohh and what are the molds made of ?!?! SHEESH, I don't ask for much do I?

[attitudor]

Here is my Swedish piggy bank. Isn`t he freaking awesome...?!?!

[attitudor]

After surfing here in HAMB-sea for a while I discovered that my Swedish friend must be a cousin of MR BONES! They look exactly the same (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=595912&page=3&view=collap sed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1)!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[wingnutz]

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Here is my Swedish piggy bank. Isn`t he freaking awesome...?!?!

[/ QUOTE ]

Looks like a Bones Glamour shot..., before he went to prison!

[Stone]

[ QUOTE ]
Here is my Swedish piggy bank. Isn`t he freaking awesome...?!?!

[/ QUOTE ]
That so rules.Throw some spikes comming out of his head and it would be perfect.

[VolksRodder]

Mine...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/volksrodder/Das%20Panty%20Buncher/Vrod98.jpg

[Coupe-De-CAB]

here ya go... i finally have an official "Rat Rod" now that i have an original Powell Peralta "Rat Bones" wheel as my new shift knob!
CAB
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/cabphotos/ratbonesshiftknob.jpg

[saltflataddict]

Thats rad Cab. My cousin would do that on his old datsun.. always thought it was cool.

[JamesG]

Got me a new shifter knob last night.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Tall Paul]

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Just use a glass and tile bit from the hardware store. It will look like a arrowhead. Work slowly and don't force the bit.

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Well I knew it was possible, I have seen some things at those god forsaken craft shows my wife drags me to....I saw one of those glass blocks (the kind they used to use for windows in brick building basements) with a hole drilled in it and stuff crammed into it. I figured if an old lady with a penchant for making tacky home furnishings can do it I can too....

Now I just need more info on resins and stuff like that. Anyone? For the shot-glass a clear resin with a brown tint and for the skull/devil-heads etc....what do they use? And how do they make the molds? Ohh and what are the molds made of ?!?! SHEESH, I don't ask for much do I?

[/ QUOTE ]

Hey Broman,
Check out this website: http://www.alumilite.com/howto.cfm
The company alumilite makes all the resin stuff you'll need. The website also has a great "How To" section on making all different kinds of molds, like 1 piece, 2 piece, etc and shows some examples of casting different items like model cars and stuff....could easily be used to take a mold from an existing skull and cast a new one!! Hope this helps

I'm going to cast my own shift knob too...except I am going to take a mold from a 4 to 5" Tiki and cast it from aluminum then polish it up nice and bright http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Paul

[36couper]

on the column...

[Joe King]

[Joe King]

one on my bike

[rjb]

Man that seat looks comfortable! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Nice knobs everyone.

rjb

[Twisted Okie]

nother one by Norm. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[Glen]

trucker girl inside care of gokatgo

[dubuc]

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/cabphotos/ratbonesshiftknob.jpg

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thats so money, i hae a knob of a worn down skate wheel in my jeep, new wheels look so much better!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[KCMongo]

Bob K
Amen brother, who needs an 8 when you gotta 6.
http://www.chevygmcofkc.org/Gallery/data/500/1DCP_2270s-med.jpg
Mongo

[Tony Bones]

[ QUOTE ]
one on my bike

[/ QUOTE ]

Someone has been keeping the company of Conder.

[Joe King]

Conder has been keeping the company of someone...

[Glen]

ok....ill dare to ask....who is Conder?

[Jet Fuel]

E-Brake handle out of a '31 GMC 1-Ton turned around:

http://liberalredneck.org/albums/04_VLV_12pk/040314_7.jpg

-jf

[36couper]

Does anyone know how to go about buying one of Normie's knobs? Any idea on the price range?

[hell_fish_65]

[ QUOTE ]
Does anyone know how to go about buying one of Normie's knobs? Any idea on the price range?

[/ QUOTE ]

There is on on ebay for a starting price of $700.

[Muttley]

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Does anyone know how to go about buying one of Normie's knobs? Any idea on the price range?

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There is on on ebay for a starting price of $700.

[/ QUOTE ]

I saw that this morning, I almost choked. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

[Smokin Joe]

[ QUOTE ]
Does anyone know how to go about buying one of Normie's knobs?

[/ QUOTE ]
I called him up and asked him to make me one. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
That was a long time ago tho.
http://www.rumpsville.com/contents/norm/images/smokinjoe.jpg

The Normskull Gallery on Rumpsville
http://www.rumpsville.com/contents/norm/user_image_list.asp

[JamesG]

He's listed in the phonebook here in NW Arkansas. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Leadsled51]

Not a shift knob, but I had to fill the hole left in my 50 Chevy steering column, when I put my shifter on the floor

[tatts]

heres mine its how i flush the can (not really)

[tatts]

fuckin ay alright my first successful pic post

[Barrows]

F-N-A my old truck had a tab handle for a shifter too, man the cops loved that one...

[rockabillyjoe]

Yeah Norms start off around 600.00 Depends on how fancy you want to get. They go up from there.

[57JoeFoMoPar]

I have a "6" ball on my Hurst because my car is green and white, it's color coordinated.

I used to run a huge shifter, but the throws are so long and with an automatic it can get a little sloppy. I like the shorter handle in my '57 now, classier and more accurate. The last thing I need is to miss a shift and blow my motor.

[DK23]

Here's my Tiki knob on a 23' shifter. http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-12/905726/dash-knob.jpg

[DK23]

Detail of the Tiki knob http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-12/905726/knob.jpg

[drhotrodmd]

Here's mine that Norm Graboski made for the Sin Wag'n.

[drhotrodmd]

lets resize that

[Duster]

I've been looking for one like your nr. 1.Ball.. Can you help me. It needs to have a 9/16 TP I need to check what turns per inch. Would like it on an 8 Ball. This is for an old Chevy floor unit. LATER

[Paul Windshield]

Here's mine I got it at Value Village.