Art & Inspiration Your shift knob is ?

Mercury Charlie Special in Chrome.

 

For an M79 or XM148?

 

That's a fair question but I don't know the answer. I'm just a poser and not the real deal like Joe Mammana. I got ahold of 2 spent shells and epoxied in small, black knobs that fit the girth about right. I sold one for $40 and I have the other one left.
I've got another knob in the works that's an old tin that held blasting caps. No pix yet.

 

Everyone has a little "poser" in them. Don't worry about it.

 

I have several new un-drilled 8 balls, FOR SALE : $7.00 ea. $3.00 shp/hdl .

My wife wants me to down size, I AM STARTING WITH MY BALLS.

 

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Lokar shifter in my 1966 Chevrolet C10

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I have been trying to get one of these for years, arrived in the mail today.

 

mine...

 

Now that’s funny

 

Had it since the late 60s and it's been on several vehicles.

 

@waxhead, @Scooterville has been searching high and low for the guy who got #50. I wanted to connect you guys in case you were interested in a trade with him.

We have this thread going to try to link up people interested in trading the knobs for different numbers.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/shift-knob-who-wants-to-trade.1176760/

 

Bump. Been looking through this thread for the past hour

A few from my collection. I can’t find my box of others I have stashed away. The first a good friend of mine made me in high school in machine class at the local career center. It’s been in probably 6 different vehicles and currently sits as t case knob. The tiki is one of many I carved about 10-12 years ago. This one sits on a shelf now thanks to bang shifting the hell out of it busting it off the fitting that used to be in it. The glass door knob is from my grandparents old house and am saving it for one day when I get something classy to put it in. The confederate skull was a Christmas present from an old girlfriend and hasn’t been drilled yet. I believe it’s a summit knob


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I did end up finding a different nice chrome lever for my shifter, but made the cheater slick knob.

 

Found this while going through my Uncle’s things. Pretty sure he told me once that he machined it in shop class. He was also able to make a sand casting of an Eelco gas pedal. Man, shop class back in his day was a lot cooler than when I went to school.

 

This is a 1937 half dollar and was put into a cue ball by jimmygrrr on here.

 

Just acquired this Eelco Happy Foot.

 

I get a kick out of it.

 

don't forget a new shift boot

 

Update. Got tired of being behind the 8 ball. Now have a Q ball complete with chalk marks. Snowman

 

Hmmm 8 balls

 

@Inked Monkey dud this one for me recently

 

Scored this at a garage sale last fall- someone hogged out the hole and epoxied it to a 7/16" stick! No idea where it originated but it's cool!

 

Woodgrained a resin Tiki for Mrs Highlander to go in the 39 when it's done:

Also have a gennie disarmed grenade but I need an insert for it.

 

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A teens or early 20s Dodge Brothers front bearing hub cover, with a 3/8" thread insert and filled with epoxy in my Plymouth coupe (it matches the drive train).
And a modern Hurst Pistol Grip handle installed on the Winters Sidewinder shifter in my 39 Dodge pickup. Gene

 

made one from aluminum for my 33 Chevy

 

A home cast skull with moving jaw

 

Hurst Autostick on a Turbo 400 behind a 427 B.B... Love it!

 

I always remembered those metalflake knobs that looked like a Dunkin yo-yo.. But I was 5 in 1962, that's when they were popular I think, along with the black leather pointed shoes, slick back hair and Doo Wap music being played all over the radio. We had Porky Chedwick the Daddio of the Raddio...