I hated my old gear shift ball. The face plate was gone and it looked ugly. So, I have been thinking about different items that can be tapped to fit my lever. I was at Lowe's today and this is how it turned out. Let me know what you think. I love it.

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Not so much.

Needs something more to finish it.

 

wtf...thats kinda random...and different but if you like it then have fun...thats gotta feel really odd when your shiftin too

 

ehh. not really my thing.

 

honestly, I'm not feelin it...it looks really out of place

 

All I know is that it is going to be really hard lighting it and shifting at the same time. It needs a screen also. LOL

 

That belongs in a random things stuck on a gear shift thread.

 

I think a golf ball is cooler...

 

would work in a rat rod, but not your truck

 

ummmmmmmmmmmmm.... different

 

Damn, I surprised no one liked it. I thought I would get at least one "thumbs-up". Oh well, I like the way it looks and feels. I'm glad someone mentioned ratrod cuz that is the direction I'm going.

 

get some end caps for it, would be better.

 

Excellent suggestion, I think I will go to Lowe's tomorrow and get some. Thanks!

 

gonna have to make that 90 longer with short stubs to solder the caps onto it...

 

I like it, it's different... I'd find a way to solder a cap on the ends of the elbow... give it a finished look.

Best shifter I've seen though, is on my neighbor's 65 Chevy C10 rat rod/street truck.... a beer tap handle! Sucker sits about mid level with the windshield, think it's a Newcastle tap handle if I'm not mistaken

 

^ yeah those are really popular, and almost getting played out now. I see them at car shows all the time lol.


As for the copper shift ****, I'd just save up for a whole Hurst shifter and call it a day but that's just me. An actual shift **** would work better too, for shift ***** you want something heavy. Maybe get a dummy grenade or something, that would be a little cooler.

 

i just threw up in my mouth a little bit

 

 

Jeez some of you guys are harsh. Know what might be kind of cool is fitting an entire piece of copper pipe for the shift level and then out a T on top of that for the handle. Now that would be cool.

 

Tim's had it on his truck for a few years now though, and I haven't seen many around here with em.

Be expensive as hell though. Copper is really really expensive. Doing that would be an easy $75-$100... not to mention copper is a real soft metal so it wouldn't be ideal for a shifter

 

Mmm, not feeling it bro.

 

This is a joke right? You got bored and found a copper elbow laying around?

It could be cool on some old-*** farm truck or something. But clashes with the style you're going for with your truck.

 

Yeah i know, you would probably have to sleeve it with something. It would be cool though.

 

I know some of you think these are played out too much. But I had these laying around. Would this look better than the current setup?

 

if you people cant tell...thats not in his ranger, so how do you know its going in any direction?? if i had to guess, id says its in the ramcharger..Jeremy, if you like it man, do what you want...how is it out west?