1970 2002 Wood Shift Knob needed

[sabot67]

Hi, I am looking for a wood shift knob to fit my 1970 2002. Need it to be light colored wood to come close to matching my maple steering wheel. Would be great if it had the BMW logo on top. If anyone knows where I can find such an item or if you have one for sale, please let me know.

Thanks!

[Guest Anonymous]

i got one but its all beat up ahaha

[sabot67]

Thanks, but I was hoping to find one that was not beat up.

[MikeWooldridge]

See if this suits your needs:

[sabot67]

Thank you for the offer, but this is exactly the shift knob that I have currently in the car. I am really looking for a lighter colored wood- almost a blond color.

Thanks again.

[auggiemize]

Your best bet is to find a woodworking shop that does some lathe (hand-turnings) work. It's not brain surgery, and shoudn't cost alot to have them copy yours in maple, or maybe more readily in your country, European beech. Also light in color like maple, and easy to finish in the light blonde color that you are looking for. Then canibalize the logo and spring clip (or threaded insert) from your old mahogany one. Good luck...

Dave (the furniture designer..) in NC, USA

[sabot67]

Thanks for the advice Dave- I will probably do just as you suggested.

[bjbarbieri]

You might check www.customwoodshiftknobs.com - He advertises in the back of the Roundel magazine. Looks like he can make many different styles in many different finishes. Not sure what your budget is though.

[sabot67]

Thanks for the advice, I see that he has a lot of nice knobs. I am sure that I will find something there.

Just in case someone on the forum has one, I am uploading a photos of the steering wheel. I guess my memory failed me, it is not as light as I thought. In my my mind it was much lighter, perhaps because of the contrast between the dark interior and the wheel. As you can see it is more of a golden color. So now that there are photos, does anyone have anything close?[/img]

[sabot67]

Okay, I guess I cannot upload a photo to the board without it already being resident on another website. Super. This is too bad as I was going to post today about different issue and photos are absolutely needed to explain my issue. So now I am wondering if anyone out there has advice about where to post the photos so I can then link them into a post on this forum? I am a guy who is not internet savvy nor has the time to be so. Any advice?

[bjbarbieri]

Okay, I guess I cannot upload a photo to the board without it already being resident on another website. Super. This is too bad as I was going to post today about different issue and photos are absolutely needed to explain my issue. So now I am wondering if anyone out there has advice about where to post the photos so I can then link them into a post on this forum? I am a guy who is not internet savvy nor has the time to be so. Any advice?

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,50/page,viewtopic/t,364661/

Just save the image to your hard drive (if it's not already) upload it to a photobucket account (free - if you don't already have one, create one) and paste the IMG code into a reply.

[sabot67]

Okay, thank you for the advice! Let's see if I did it correctly or not. Here are photos of the steering wheel that I want to find a gearshift knob to match (or come close).

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