Who's got the coolest shift knob?

A few from my inventory.......

 

I do!

 

just an old door knob made of a fairly soft stone that I polished

 

A couple from the secret stash. Just picked up the marble one couple of days ago. The harp mic I have had for a while. Originally built in the same town I was born in!

 

Probably not the coolest, but I like it.

 

HAMB knob #29. A personal gift from Ryan. Means a lot to me.

 

Wow! I was pretty happy with mine, but it doesn't come anywhere near some of these creative ones. I'm definitely not a contender for the coolest but here it is anyway. Just a door handle of the old outbuilding on my property (outbuilding is actually in the background). I tapped it to NPT to fit on the shift handle from a 29 Durant (scrap transmission from my dad's project) that I installed on a T-5. Yes, those are Solo's dice! (Interior was a work in progress during this pic)

 

Store-bought M/T on my Model A project.

 

I had a Herman Munster(NOT Frankenstein) head made from an old puppet, years ago. I love it, but it was too heavy, so now it's just a paper weight. A company used my Merc for their ad for Von Hotrod, pinstriped shiftknobs, so I got one of those. My Coupe has a Devil head.

 

I originally posted this in the Art section.

 

A few more that I have rattling around..........

Planet Kimchi (a cut and polished hunk of natural ore mineral, not man-made)


They are here....... they drive among us.........


You always wanted a 'woody"........


Gutted microphone, makes a nice knob on a long, tall, loopy shifter...... or a third brake light in the rear window......


Good for playing "Taps" in the evening.........

 

My son carved this. I want him to cast some in plastic.

 

Do a 3d print Or cast it in Alum Or bronze.

 

Maybe 20 years ago, back when the internet was a lot younger, I downloaded a picture of the shift knob below. I really like it... my head says it's the standard ball-type shift knob, but meaner. It's stuck in my mind for two decades as the knob I want on my avatar. Have tried many times over the years to hunt it down again (Google search with various words, Google image search etc) but no luck. A needle in a haystack, but any leads on this appreciated..



Cheers,
Harv

 

#3 Billiards Ball in memory of Dale

 

Lost wax casting, call up some local jewelers, should have no problem casting that in silver

 

Just picked this one up out of the HAMB classifieds. Destined for a project someday.

 

Original '40s? layered Lucite dice with glass diamonds. Interested in more history on these.

P1010458 by zgears posted May 27, 2009 at 3:08 PM

 

What would Bill Jenkins do?