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Posted by: mb911 May 18 2021, 05:32 AM

Took a long time to get but got it and super happy with it. On instagram Thedavemason is whom made it. I just wanted to share

Posted by: 914Sixer May 18 2021, 05:38 AM

Sweeeet!

Posted by: Mark Henry May 18 2021, 07:06 AM

I think I have one of Zach's shift knobs, it came with a '72 914 I bought.

Posted by: BillJ May 18 2021, 07:31 AM

that looks very very nice. I just scratched a little my original shift knob when test fitting my refurbished center console and may go this route...

Posted by: VaccaRabite May 18 2021, 07:36 AM

What is that made out of, do you know?

I tried (and tried, and tried) to make knobs for cars out of engineered wood (spectraply is one of the brands, but there are many) but they got very unstable in the sun, and they all started cracking. I'd be interested to know what yours is made of, and if it remains stable in the sun/heat.

Zach

Posted by: mb911 May 18 2021, 07:46 AM

QUOTE(VaccaRabite @ May 18 2021, 05:36 AM)

Posted by: mb911 May 18 2021, 07:50 AM

Here are his postings. Some insight maybe for his process?

Posted by: JOEPROPER May 18 2021, 08:09 AM

Very very nice. Small details enhance the character of the car.

Posted by: VaccaRabite May 18 2021, 08:41 AM

The ones he makes from engineered wood won't last. They look great, but in the 10 knobs I made of that stuff, all of them failed within a month of my car sitting in the sun at work in the summer. Usually they failed within a week or so. The epoxy several of the brands use to bind the wood together isn't UV tolerant. Maybe tinted windows/windshields would work, but I just gave up on that material for that application.

Any of the solid woods laminated together should be fine, so long as he is using a quality glue.

It looks like he is using a CA finish on some of his knobs too. Sadly, my experience with that also wasn't great which is why I don't offer it any more. But maybe he's using a polished varnish that's a little more flexible.

Yours looks good. I really need to just pony up and get a laser graver.
Zach

Posted by: Jett May 18 2021, 09:04 AM

QUOTE(VaccaRabite @ May 18 2021, 07:41 AM)

Posted by: mepstein May 18 2021, 09:30 AM

For the amount of time Ben will leave his 914 parked in the sun, I think he will be good. Even though I’m not a big fan of the windshield reflectors, I used to use one when I parked my 914 at work. I wanted to protect the dash.

Posted by: mb911 May 18 2021, 10:24 AM

Not sure about longevity though as Mark pointed out my car is driving on short runs around the lake, or around town and not long drives and sit in the sun so it should be fine for me. I know he sells a bunch of these knobs to TRE and they use them all the time. Regardless I like it.

Posted by: Cairo94507 May 18 2021, 10:51 AM

I really like it with the 901 pattern.

Posted by: gandalf_025 May 18 2021, 11:25 AM

I picked up this guy at Carlisle
for 10.00 and figured I’d take a chance
on fixing it up.
I’m more interested in keeping things
Period Correct at this point...