Bought 2 New Datsun 240Z/Fairlady Z Walnut Shift Knobs

[heyitsrama]

@Captain Obvious i still have my old skateboard deck cut into pieces and glued in stacks in attempt to make something like this, i dont have access to a lathe, would you be able to turn them for me? Would pay you for the trouble. I just like the way the wood looks, but like the shape of the OEM Z ones more.

[Captain Obvious]

13 hours ago, SurferD said:

That looks amazing. How'd you measure the contour?

I just do them by eye and check them with calipers. "Custom Hand Crafted"    

And, like so many of my projects, that's why it's hard to charge what they're really worth. If someone is looking for a concourse quality repro that even at relatively close examination is indistinguishable from a stock original, then I have painstakingly made a couple of those. But there's no way I could ever make any money doing it. I just don't think pockets are that deep! Haha!!

 

[Captain Obvious]

11 hours ago, heyitsrama said:

i still have my old skateboard deck cut into pieces and glued in stacks in attempt to make something like this, i dont have access to a lathe, would you be able to turn them for me?

Possibly... Just turning the wood part?

Send me a PM and we can chat.

[siteunseen]

17 hours ago, heyitsrama said:

@Captain Obvious i still have my old skateboard deck cut into pieces and glued in stacks in attempt to make something like this, i dont have access to a lathe, would you be able to turn them for me? Would pay you for the trouble. I just like the way the wood looks, but like the shape of the OEM Z ones more.

There's a multi-colored baseball bat on letgo for $35 that would be cool looking.  Probably get a bunch of shift knobs out of it?

https://gb.letgo.com/en/i/rawlings-multi-colored-baseball-bat_7c62a427-ff6c-47ae-83cd-c3180a35b7f2

[lapriser]

Does anyone have the diameter of the shift map insert? This is something I may be able to reproduce 

[Captain Obvious]

It's about an inch diameter. Are you a mold maker?

[heyitsrama]

 

22 hours ago, siteunseen said:

There's a multi-colored baseball bat on letgo for $35 that would be cool looking.  Probably get a bunch of shift knobs out of it?

https://gb.letgo.com/en/i/rawlings-multi-colored-baseball-bat_7c62a427-ff6c-47ae-83cd-c3180a35b7f2

site, how am i going to shift with a baseball bat shifter ?

[wheee!]

 
site, how am i going to shift with a baseball bat shifter [emoji14]

Like a boss...!

[siteunseen]

45 minutes ago, heyitsrama said:

 

site, how am i going to shift with a baseball bat shifter ?

Very carefully. If you miss you'll have cracks on the front of the dash as well as the top.?

[Captain Obvious]

19 hours ago, heyitsrama said:

how am i going to shift with a baseball bat shifter

You're probably too young for this, but the answer is shift it like Rat Fink:

RIP Ed "Big Daddy" Roth:
http://www.ratfink.com/

[Mark Maras]

 And cut a sunroof hole in the top so your knuckles don't scrape the headliner.

[lapriser]

On 3/2/2019 at 7:41 AM, Captain Obvious said:

It's about an inch diameter. Are you a mold maker?

I'm a Prototype Engineer and have access to some 3d printers and machining tools. Would be a pretty easy part to make with the 3d lettering on the shift map.