917-style Shift Knobs

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm

Can certainly do, although my friend says some time around April.

Shall we make an order list?

tea boy · Post by **tea boy** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:57 pm

jamie wrote: Shall we make an order list?

Good idea. I recon it will start like this;

tea boy
Northy

I'm assuming you're in, Lewis?

Northy · Post by **Northy** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:03 pm

For shizzle...

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:40 am

arrived this morning, very happy boy walking round polishing his knob..

Jo thinks I am odd...seams my US mates like the idea too and you may well end up with more orders. But I would have to have them for May the 5th to take them out..

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:57 am

What about doing one that would fit a G50 shifter. Suppose with some modifcations and resin a suitable stud/bolt could be inserted up the knob's hole

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:44 am

I am guessing that would be ok but a pain to line up 100% in the machining.

I would say machine the whole out bigger then make a nylon insert that is threaded and glue that in..bit of work up but seams the best all round..

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:54 am

Have a look at this - from the new(ish) lotus Europa

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:08 pm

Mark - May 5th should be OK.

Sladey - I shot a sneak preview on that car back in early December and noticed that gear knob. Looks like a Carrera GT shifter! Unfortunately it's a six-speed or the shift pattern is wrong or something; I remember thinking it wouldn't work.

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:48 pm

I quite like the look of it ( the lotus one) but really as it's an 'omage it's either got to be just like the 917 or nothing - otherwise it's just like sticking a go-faster one on really.

Just thought it was interesting that Lotus chose to go with that design.

With regard to the G50 stick - the original knob fixes on by means of a threaded hole down the shaft (missus!) - an allen bolt holds it on and the gear pattern indicator is a piece of plastic that just pops in. You couldn't easily re-create this in wood. What you could do though is use a tap and die set to thread the outside of the gear stick, then cut the hole to be only just wide than the stick. Finally glue some rubber to the inside of the hole. You can then wind it on down the thread in the outside of the stick. This would mean you could unscrew it if you wanted to, and could also return it to stock if you wanted to later. Just a thought.

Rico · Post by **Rico** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:07 pm

Is there another batch of these in the works?
I would love to have 2 pieces.
Cheers.

Bertroex · Post by **Bertroex** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:37 pm

As i have a wevo gearshift in the car now, I wouldnt mind to be on the list as well, should there be a new batch being made...

Bert

74rsman · Post by **74rsman** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:34 pm

me please

tea boy · Post by **tea boy** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:54 am

Come on Jamie, stop messing about.

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:11 pm

Sorry for the delay guys. I don't make them - a friend of mine does. He wants to do some things to increase his hit-rate; at the moment, only 1 in 3 knobs made it past QC. He promises will be done in the next three months. I have his address, so if he doesn't deliver on this promise, you can form a crowd outside his house and bash him in with your shifter sticks.

tea boy · Post by **tea boy** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:04 pm

jamie wrote:Sorry for the delay guys.
He promises will be done in the next three months.

Three months you say?