dash knob inserts

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » February 10, 2010, 11:15 pm

ok, after reading the thread by the same title in the "hints and tricks" section i decided i'd like to see some of the unique items used for knob inserts.
post your pics! please.

azjake · Post by **azjake** » February 11, 2010, 12:47 am

I gotta ask...is that electrical tape holding your steering wheel together?

Anyway, how about clear lens with letters on the backside designating what the knob is for?

Jake

jwh f-100 · Post by **jwh f-100** » February 11, 2010, 4:53 am

chrome plug buttons

BarnieTrk · Post by **BarnieTrk** » February 11, 2010, 8:38 am

jwh f-100 wrote:chrome plug buttons

SWEET!

Jason,

Where did/do you find those?

BarnieTrk

Brian Taylor · Post by **Brian Taylor** » February 11, 2010, 10:57 am

Do not have pics but i have seen marbles, clear and swirles.
But I like both of the previous ideas or a combination chrome knobs with engraved letters.

dotcentral · Post by **dotcentral** » February 11, 2010, 11:19 am

I like the marbles idea. I need to find a few and try it out myself. It would be a lot cheaper to clean up my old knobs than buy new knobs and/or those white inserts. Some have used billet aluminum knobs, but not a fan of it myself.

jwh f-100 · Post by **jwh f-100** » February 11, 2010, 11:49 am

BarnieTrk wrote:SWEET!

Jason,

Where did/do you find those?

BarnieTrk

At work, in the shop, in a drawer..

I think they can be found a plumbing / hardware stores.

macgiobuin · Post by **macgiobuin** » February 11, 2010, 12:33 pm

"At work, in the shop, in a drawer..."

Hey! That's where I found most of my tools!!!

Post by **Greg D** » February 11, 2010, 1:07 pm

My Dad saw 2 of these in Turquoise & White with a clear center and grabbed them at a garage sale for me - just need 7 more now, lol. Doesn't look like anybody stocks them that colour combination though - there is a place with an Ebay store that will make them in any combination you want - $10 each.

http://www.thehotrodgirl.com/tedrdakn.html

jwh f-100 · Post by **jwh f-100** » February 11, 2010, 1:11 pm

macgiobuin wrote:"At work, in the shop, in a drawer..."

Hey! That's where I found most of my tools!!!

I go out to the receptionist and she rings me up.. Much easier then going to the parts house..

65 CREW · Post by **65 CREW** » February 12, 2010, 12:05 am

Greg D wrote:My Dad saw 2 of these in Turquoise & White with a clear center and grabbed them at a garage sale for me - just need 7 more now, lol. Doesn't look like anybody stocks them that colour combination though - there is a place with an Ebay store that will make them in any combination you want - $10 each.

http://www.thehotrodgirl.com/tedrdakn.html

I plan on making something similar when I get that far. I have some sheets of red and solid white Plexiglas.

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » February 12, 2010, 12:10 am

thanks for the pic jason, and a pox on the rest of you guys! lol. less talk and more pics!!!!

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » February 12, 2010, 1:14 am

I had, and Dean has, dimes on the knobs in Jinx. Canadian dimes. BUt American ones are the same size.

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » February 12, 2010, 8:22 am

Johnny Canuck wrote:I had, and Dean has, dimes on the knobs in Jinx. Canadian dimes. BUt American ones are the same size.

were they mercury head dimes?

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » February 12, 2010, 8:50 am

LOL no they were the Queen and the Bluenose, I alternated sides

slickmainer · Post by **slickmainer** » February 12, 2010, 10:07 am

I've never ordered from them but this place looks like the have lots of options
http://www.reidsupply.com/Results.aspx?pid=10021792

and the obvious LMC repo knobs. I assume they come with the insert but I dont know.

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » February 12, 2010, 10:14 am

i like the marbles in there....
but i lost mine a long time ago

Max · Post by **Max** » February 12, 2010, 4:10 pm

After seeing you fabricate your valve cover racer in KC, I'll never believe that Pat.

macgiobuin · Post by **macgiobuin** » February 12, 2010, 4:39 pm

I'd post mine, but they are just the basic white inserts.

bobenhotep · Post by **bobenhotep** » February 12, 2010, 9:08 pm

I thought about using pieces of glow in the dark white plastic, for aesthetic and practical reasons...