Show your shift knobs

[ladydriver]

@Thomcraft; nice shiftingplate with that magicball
@Zogster; nice camelcolor(?) interior the woodknob fits nice with it!

[Thomcraft]

Thomcraft, that gated shifter plate is beautiful too... Does it shift pretty natually through the gates? The knob is cool too.

dw

I always like the look of a Ferrari shift plate, obviously the shift throw isn't as short as a Ferrari. I did a lot of measuring and pattern making out of 1/4 inch plywood until I got it right then 1/4 inch bass polished and chromed. Nearly impossible to miss a gear.

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[zippy67roadster]

I just let this one go on ebay. It was really cool that it had the matching key chain!

[ApexArbitrage]

I always like the look of a Ferrari shift plate, obviously the shift throw isn't as short as a Ferrari. I did a lot of measuring and pattern making out of 1/4 inch plywood until I got it right then 1/4 inch bass polished and chromed. Nearly impossible to miss a gear.
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Wow, I just saw this post, Thomcraft. Any chance you'd be willing to make another one of these or post up the schematics? I'd love to put this in my Roadster!

[theunz]

Thomcraft hasn't checked in here in almost two years. Shame though, beside the shift plate he did a really cool steering wheel mod. The craft in his screen name was well earned!

[ryansharley2006]

The original Datsun Roadster teardrop shift knobs are almost impossible to find. There are some repro's but I've not seen one as nice as the OEM shift knobs. I have a '70 2000 and sent my original steering wheel to Steering Wheel Bob in New Jersey to be restored. Amazing doesn't even come close to describe the quality of his work. When I got the steering wheel back, I called and asked if he would restore my shift knob, made of the same material. Well, I got it back yesterday and it's better than new. He's been doing steering wheel restorations for over fifty years and is a true Craftsman. His prices are fair considering the quality of his work. Google Steering Wheel Bob and check out his website.
Mike R.
"70 2000 Yellow

[rwmann]

A colleague's lunchtime machining work at NASA Huntsville, from billet aluminum, backed by Datsun Comp aluminum shift bushings.

[Habitat.pat]

Here's mine. It is getting a bit rough so I will be looking for something better.

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Sorry, haven't figured out how to rotate the photo.

[23yrRebuild]

Here is my knob...

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[Nissanman]

Well, I don't usually take part in such activities, but, here is a picture of my knob: -

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Pretty boring eh!

However it is what is attached to the knob that is good

A short case Nissan FS5W71B transmission

As a stealth move, I fitted an innocuous looking 4 speed shift knob!

What a difference a 5 speed makes

[cbez]

Stainless that I made a custom vector for. Came out really nice.

[spl310]

https://www.sincitydatsuns.com/shop/p/d ... ermarket-1