Shift knob shopping...

I got one by accident from 50resto.com, except it's the 6-speed pattern printed on it, and the leather has a pseudo-carbon-fiber imprint to it. Same size and shape, though.

It looks pretty, but I wound up being happier with the simple leather-wrapped OEM-style knob because the other one (10th Anniversary Cobra) is...
1. too fat for my hand (I have short little German fingers);
2. heavier and not as nimble to toss through gears as a stock-sized knob;
3. impossible to screw down all the way in exactly the right position.

It's always just a little bit skewed off to one side or the other when you get it snugged down enough to stay, and if you try to center it, it winds up being too loose and it spins around in your hand when you shift. (VERY annoying, especially when you pull back to do a 1-2 or 3-4 shift and you wind up elbowing the arm rest, banging your funny bone.)

I sanded off the 6-speed shift pattern and polished it up a bit. I tried giving it to Frankenstang, but she didn't like it, either. No lovin' for the Cobra knob. Thus, it's getting stored in the plastic bag in the closet full of about four or five other knobs I've tried and disliked over the years. :)

I liked it, it just didn't screw (heh...) on all the way.
 
I used to have the Hurst white cue ball. It split in half on me right where they mold the two pieces together. Tried glueing it with no luck. I'm using the old crappy t-handle for now.
 
you cant go wrong with a plain old black ball
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smooth, simple, and CHEAP.

how cheap you say? they are 8 bucks!
http://www.blueovalindustries.com/products.php?pid=910

if you just slap it on you will have some threads of your shifter handle showing, i cut some threads off my handle so the knobs come all the way down and meets the boot.

so it makes the shifter shorter so it shortening the throw by a bit kinda sorta lol
 
Isn't that one of those universal Dorman HELP! brand knobs? I've seen those at Checker and Autozone, but the thread sizes listed on there didn't look big enough to fit...

I'd run one of those on mine and not care about the threads showing - just get a longer boot (one of those universals or something), since the stocker is usually all beat up and split n' stuff, anyway. :)

Does that $8 knob get very hot/cold?
 
Isn't that one of those universal Dorman HELP! brand knobs? I've seen those at Checker and Autozone, but the thread sizes listed on there didn't look big enough to fit...

I'd run one of those on mine and not care about the threads showing - just get a longer boot (one of those universals or something), since the stocker is usually all beat up and split n' stuff, anyway. :)

Does that $8 knob get very hot/cold?

no it doesnt get hot/cold that i can feel i never think about it.

i dont know what its made of but it feels like a billiard ball
 
Does anyone know if the '04 GT leather shifter knob will fit on an '07? I really liked the look with the subtly pressed-in shift pattern. I don't see them online anywhere, but I'm sure I can scavenge one from a junkyard, if they'll even fit. Thanks.
 
you cant go wrong with a plain old black ball
pic1089.webp

smooth, simple, and CHEAP.

how cheap you say? they are 8 bucks!
http://www.blueovalindustries.com/products.php?pid=910

if you just slap it on you will have some threads of your shifter handle showing, i cut some threads off my handle so the knobs come all the way down and meets the boot.

so it makes the shifter shorter so it shortening the throw by a bit kinda sorta lol

Do you know what the diameter of said ball is?
 

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