Thread: Another project? Sure, why not!!

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Wow! The last time I saw one of those shift knobs it was on an old Kraco flat stick shifter in the late '60's. That is the ultimate of a cool vintage piece!

Don, here's a couple of pics of the shifter in my coupe. The bracketry is similar, showing again that great minds think alike... Anyway, I thought you might like to see this; in order to keep the thing in the gear that I want, I needed some sort of "gate". I put a second pivot point at the bottom of the lever so it can move sideways. I welded a tab to the side of the lever and it falls into the slots on the gate. The gate is made from 1/8 x 1 1/4 flat stock. I tacked it on, marked the gear locations with a Sharpie, broke it off, ground the notches where they needed to be, and welded it back on. A headlight retainer spring holds the lever to the right against the gate. Notice that Park and Drive are the deepest notches. When I am ready to roll, I pull the lever slightly to the left, then back into gear, and let it fall in the appropriate notch. The spring keeps it there. All this is hidden under the boot. I don't know if any of this is useful to you, but thought I'd throw it out there...

If you come across a neutral start switch that is workable on our applications, let me know. I've not had one on the last three cars I built. I don't consider it a problem unless I let someone else drive the car. In fact it's kind of handy to be able to fire it in gear sometimes, but if I could find a workable piece I may add it.