RE: So many questions...so little time

From: K. Patrick Wheeler (pwheeler(at)ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sun Sep 13 1998 - 20:16:52 CDT


> >5. What does the original gearshift knob look like and are they
> >available?
>
> I can only speak for my car: it had a leather covered knob with a
> Rootes lion that said "Sunbeam Alpine" around the outside edge. It is
> my understanding that wood ones were also available (that's the repro I
> now have). You can get either wood or leather from SS. The original
> stock knob may have been black plastic with the shift pattern on top.
> But I'm not certain of that.
>
> Christopher
> '67 SV od BRG
>
Having seen a completely origianl SV recently, it had a little black plastic
knob with the shift pattern.



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