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Old 10-10-2007, 12:05 PM   #18 (permalink)
kgf3076
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Originally Posted by desmo4 View Post
I manufactured black walnut shift knobs and sold them (at cost ) to folks on the other site. I found inserts which work well but require some special tools to install them. I also on my own car ran a threading die on the shift shaft and added a few more threads. Then I cut off about 1/4" from the top of the shifter.
I have one of Jonathan's walnut shift knobs and it's a piece of art. It brings back memories of all the esoteric (can anyone say Lucas Electronic?) British hardware I've owned and driven.
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