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Who's got the coolest shift knob?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Slimegreeeeeen, Mar 31, 2010.

  1. Ghastly
    Joined: Sep 13, 2006
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    Ghastly
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    from DETROIT,MI

    Where can I get one of those sugar skull shift knobs?
     
  2. JAWS
    Joined: Jul 22, 2005
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    JAWS
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    This is on my bike.

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  3. Tommy's Cycle
    Joined: Mar 22, 2006
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    Tommy's Cycle
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    from So Cal

    Nice pewter knob
     

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  4. squigy
    Joined: Nov 30, 2003
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  5. BAILEIGH INC
    Joined: Aug 8, 2008
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    BAILEIGH INC
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    I love that white one....
     
  6. Ghastly,
    If you're referring to the sugar skulls in my opening thread, we'll have them
    at the Lone Star Round Up this weekend. Lot of different colors and styles. You'll also find them on the HotRodShiftKnob.com, thanks.

     
  7. Tommy's Cycle
    Joined: Mar 22, 2006
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    Tommy's Cycle
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    from So Cal

    One of a kind "Frankenskull"
     

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  8. themachine
    Joined: Nov 27, 2009
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    themachine
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    that old microphone is awesome
     
  9. 50merc808
    Joined: Feb 23, 2008
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    Definately not the coolest here but here's the one i just switched to . i was using a 30mm round ,but was making me nervous my daughter or wife was gonna get impailed if something were to happen. The hook on the top also makes a good hat hanger.
     

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  10. Hooligan63
    Joined: Mar 1, 2009
    Posts: 1,343

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    I'll throw my hand in. This is a one off made piece machined out of 1" thick aluminum,designed by myself to the exact dimensions of a real pair except for thickness with machined speed holes to lighten it a little more (Needed enough meat to make a mounting post off of the end that could be tapped and drilled). Made with a flat section on the mounting post that can be tapped for a set screw(Don't want anyone stealing it):

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  11. captainjunk#2
    Joined: Mar 13, 2008
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    nice job on the knuckle duster would make a cool kick pedal for a bike also
     
  12. Well I told myself I'd contribute something more if it was brought to the top again. This is our small case. Has from R to L Top: Some kind of gorgeous rock, Green w/ Gold Flake only on top, Regular Daka-Ware, Blue Swirl Marble Type. Second Shelf: Cal Custom "El Toro", Eelco, Cal Custom "El Toro" (The El Toro's are original but there is some guy repopping but they aren't as heavy or feel as good). Bottom: Eelco Foot, Mr Gasket Chrome Hex "T", Eelco Foot.
     

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  13. [​IMG]Here is mine it may not be as cool as some of those posted, but it is one of custom Have a Great Day! Jim
     
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  14. bulletproof1
    Joined: Feb 23, 2004
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    from tulsa okla

    heres mine its made out of a retired surgical instrument..yep its been inside someone..
     

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  15. Topless Ford
    Joined: Feb 10, 2007
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    No pictures of this. I had a pretty crazy uncle by marriage. He did several tours in SE Asia. The legend goes that on a patrol in the middle of nowhere they ran into some VC. There was a quick battle and several of the VC were killed. The bodies were left to the jungle. Many months later uncle odd is patrolling the same area and finds the bones of the long decomposed VC. He decides at this point he wants a souvienier from the dude that tried to kill him and takes his thigh bone. In the eyes of the .gov taking bones of the dead is bad. Right before returning to base he chops the top of the femur off and stashes it in his gear. He somehow keeps it and gets it back to Iowa. He drilled the bone out, filled it with fiberglass resin or something, and stuck it on the shifter of some tri five chevy he had. It was there for several years until it was removed by the Iowa state patrol during a traffic stop.

    I didn't say it was the coolest, or even remotely nifty. It is however the creepiest shifter handle I have ever seen.
     
  16. bfink55
    Joined: May 31, 2007
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    from Turlock CA

    WOW ! now thats gonna be hard to beat ! some cool shifter nobs here but i dont see how you guys even shift with these big-ass things , must be an automatic thing , lol , just give me white ball or a hurst T-handle to row my comp. plus
    FINK
     
  17. garagerods
    Joined: Dec 15, 2006
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    garagerods
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    from Omaha

    This is cool!

    Be really cool if it would disconnect quickly...you know...in case 'ya needed it :D



     
  18. Doc Squat
    Joined: Apr 17, 2008
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    Doc Squat
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    from tulsa, ok

    Anybody that has a "Norm" one.
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Like I told the kid, "Your music's not too loud, its just like OKC, it sucks!"
     
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  19. Hooligan63
    Joined: Mar 1, 2009
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    Set screws are where it's at! I'm in the works of having a second one made just in case something happens to this one. I also have a normal steel one that is going to replace the Ford logo hood release on the Galaxie.
     
  20. sawbuck
    Joined: Oct 14, 2006
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    from 06492 ct

    yup #1...its got some class...i dont get the skulls ???dead guys are cool ????
     
  21. LOW LID DUDE
    Joined: Aug 16, 2007
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    LOW LID DUDE
    Member
    from Colorado

    Chris Jetter from Denver custom makes the wildest shift knobs made from glass on the planet.His selection is awesome.He can custom make one for you .He also makes radical glass 59 Caddy taillights with custom flake sworl in the glass. He is HAMB member Roger Jetters son. Hay Roger show his us his work!
     
  22. Wow...without a doubt one of the coolest and rarest collections I've seen. Nice work, WB's. Cool case, too.

     
  23. I second that!...
     
  24. mckustoms
    Joined: Aug 6, 2006
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  25. mckustoms
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  26. Fedcospeed
    Joined: Aug 17, 2008
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    This is a handle off a WW2 machine gun.Its made of bakelite.The nut on top is off a old outboard. Fedcospeed
     

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  27. BISHOP
    Joined: Jul 16, 2006
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    BISHOP
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    I have seen only one other Eelco foot. Purty cool.
     
  28. Rail9222
    Joined: Dec 3, 2009
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    Rail9222
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    from oregon

    Nickle plated alum.



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  29. My lucky shift knob isn't much to look at and I don't even have a pic.

    Its just a white knob that is now stained and has a few cracks I'm not sure what its made out of but its not that plastic that was used in the '60s.

    I've had it for over 50 years now its been in a ton of old hoopties. A friend of the Ol' Man gave it to me just after I got out of the hospital when I was about 4 or so. He took me for a ride in his roadster, when we got back to the shop he spun it off and handed it to me. Told me to keep it for luck. I saw Mr Roth at the world of wheels the year he passed, he asked about the shift knob and I took him out to the parking lot to show it to him. He just smiled and said you're still here it must have worked.

    I guess its not all bitchin and knarly and stuff but its mine.



     

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