Suggestions- for a "Shifter Boot" ??

What would make a cool lookin "Shifter boot" for my automatic trans floor shifter rod.


Come on Traditional guys show me some creative suggestions or work you did on you own car.


*For my 50 Shoebox Ford

 

I used an old Hurst super boot I had hanging on the shop wall for years.

 

one of the neatest i have seen was a Crown Royal sack.

 

Yeah I've always thought a Crown Royal bag would be a really cool shifter boot... never actually seen it done though.

 

I have always wanted to find an expensive purse like gucci or something and cut it up and make a shifter boot out of it.

 

I fabbed up my own auto. shifter & made it a pretty short throw. Had something laying around similar to whats in the link here except mine was rubber with a rectangular shape & accordian pleated. Very small & incon****uous. I used a very short lever with it too. Sorry, it's long gone & no pics.

http://store.bobdrake.com/pabrbobovpos.html

 

Crown Royal

 

Maybe s***ch one up out of leather?

 

Bulls scrotum. Used to be used as tobacco pouches.

 

I too have a Crown sack on my 16" Lokar

 

What shifter are you using?

 

Shifter Boot !!

 

I like the regular old rubber boot but, I saw a leather welding/work glove used in a fist shape with the shifter comming up through the extended middle finger. Like the shifter was flippin' the bird...
Smokey

 

I saw a hightop black tennis shoe used in a T bucket - a real attention getter,

 

back before Hurst came out with their rectangular handles, we always used the C1 Vette plate with boot/pattern/ashtray....worked great for round handles, and if it was too low, ya just built a small box, welded or riveted it in place. Nowadays my buddy's wife has a commercial grade sewing machine, so if you can draw - she can sew.

dj

 

AMX / Javelin

 

...part of an old innertube?

 

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Anything but a leather/rubber/vinyl boot is just a cheesy gimmick.

 

Sometimes, I actually agree with somethin' you've said, Tman. Couldn't agree more on this one.

 

x3!

 

old style. If the stick comes thru the carped. lay a piece of leather or vinyl face down on the carpet, sew around the hole, cut out a hole in the leather leaving 1 inch of material, streatch it in and under, sew another circle you have a ring with no seam, then make a funnel to slip over the stick, sew or tack to the under side of the carpet. RUbber accordian is 60's kit style.

 

Yeah, and you can use one of the balls for a shift knob.

 

I got this one from the Walmart Parts post, post 239 by 57tailgater:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11058&highlight=walmart&showall=1

Roof duct flashing from the local big box home improvement store.

 

I used an old quick change cover I had on the shop wall

 

The world's bigger'n you know! (08:50)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm5gBPh3uZw&feature=related

 

Get someone going out to the Far East to buy you a fake - $15 for an excellent leather one. Hermes or Louis Vitton would be particularly appropriate given their long ***ociation with bespoke luggage for automobiles.

BTW, nothing wrong with the odd cheesy gimmick - just don't over do it.

 

I tend to go with your regular old shifter boot. Hell even the parts *****-stores carry these. http://www.amazon.com/Universal-APC...4?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1286200957&sr=1-24

I'm not into the gimmicks.

 

a car can be judged by the quality of the design, the build and craftsmanship, attention to detail, overall styling, stance and perfect profile.

or, if you don't have any of that, you can always resort to gimmicks to get attention.

It all depends on the type of attention you seek

 

Keep ideas comin --like to hear from you all.

I am not into conventional rubber boot stuff--i want something creative