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TR4/4A TR4 Gearshift Bling

TR4nut

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Okay, this may not be everybody's cup of tea, but I was interested in a slightly different look for my TR4 interior and just installed this custom gearshift knob:


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The main point of the note is to point out what I think is a pretty good source for gearshift knobs:
Epco

Epco makes bowling balls, pool table balls as well as the shift knobs, so you can kind of imagine the material. I think the quality of the knob is very good. Diameter at 1.6" is slightly bigger than the stock knob at around 1.4", but I like the slightly larger feel. The shift pattern is handy for when I take it into the shop and when I carefully let my son learn how to stick shift.

Terri at counter sales for the company was very friendly and had a charming East Coast accent. Between call and shipping it took about a week to get here. About $40 delivered, less without the engraving.

For anyone missing the stock TR4 knob, I think Epco's plain black one would be a pretty reasonable substitute, though I doubt it would fool the concours judges. As to my old shift knob, I'm storing it under lock and key in a hermetically sealed container to take out for shows or to fund my retirement on ebay in the distant future.

Randy
 
TR4nut said:
As to my old shift knob, I'm storing it under lock and key in a hermetically sealed container to take out for shows or to fund my retirement on ebay in the distant future.

Randy,
Well put! I paid about $75 for a stock knob for my 62 TR4. I don't know why it was so important to me as much of my car is not stock. Wish I had known about this sooner. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazyeyes.gif
 
I like that. Have to admit that I'd expect to see HURST on the lever under it, but /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

I should talk; when I was in high school, taking some silly wood shop, I made a shift knob for my dad's Herald. It was basically a square of wood (although the corners were "rounded" over quite a bit), but he liked it. (Maybe he was being nice....)

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Yeah Andy, I think subconsciously I always liked the Hurst shifter way back when so that's probably why its white! I've been thinking of painting my hardtop white which is another reason too. Not sure that color option (red body, white backlight and hardtop) will go over well but I've seen an early TR4 brochure with that combo and I was probably one of the few who liked it too.

Randy
 
Reminds me of another auto favorite: GTO
Convertible; red; white interior and four on the floor.
Yeah! Can't quite remember, been so long, but I
think it was '66 or '67. Same looking gearshift knob.
 
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