So Jim,
It's nice to hear you got a real nice knobber for $20.
Hmmm...my wife has been gone for 6 weeks...maybe I
should do that too while she is gone!
Michael
'67 1600
Va Bch VA
--- HIGHKIX4@aol.com wrote:
> For all:
> Some weeks back a guy on the list, Phil, let it be
> known
> he could make a pretty nice shift knob from aluminum
> for $20 or so. I took him up on the offer, and
> being a
> cheap bas@#$d, I had to stew awhile before going for
> it.
> Would just like to inform the list that it is a
> real thing of beauty. Audi TTs with all their
> aluminum trim got nothin on my roadster now!
> It is very precisely machined, so it shines and
> sort of glows, hard to describe. Also, the threads
> are
> countersunk, so it effectively lowers the shift knob
> and therefore shortens the throw a bit compared with
> stock. I had mine made 2inch diameter, which is
> just slightly bigger than stock, and IMHO
> exactly the perfect size. Phil's E mail is
> <Phillip.Hall@msfc.nasa.gov>
> No, I'm not Phils sales rep, just letting the list
> know of a cool addition for your car...and
> it sure beats the crap out of my stripped,
> cracked, black plastic one.
> Best Regards,
> Jim
> 67 pushrod 2L 5spd
> Chesapeake Va
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