Slick 60's

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.

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

chrome plug buttons

jwh f-100 wrote:chrome plug buttons

SWEET!

Jason,

Where did/do you find those?

BarnieTrk

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.

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.

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.

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


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

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

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..

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.

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

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

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?

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

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.

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

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

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

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