Shift knob shopping...

Darkwriter77 said:

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.

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Darkwriter77 said:

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?

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