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To: WALJE <walje@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] gear shift knob
From: Greg Hilyer via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 22:38:28 -0600
Cc: FOT Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>
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A early Jag XKE has a beautiful brass knob under the plastic coating that or=
iginally showed the shift pattern. Weighs about 7lbs but sure is pretty.=20
Start of the Kas Cup race at Watkins Glen 2008(?). Got a good second gear ru=
n up to the green flag. Picked up a few spots. Hit third and that nice brass=
 knob broke right off, landed in my side of the tunnel, and I spent half the=
 race trying to keep it from going under the pedals. Finding a  rolling ball=
 while wearing a harness isn=E2=80=99t easy, but by about lap 5 I had tossed=
 it into the passenger footwell. Still have it as a memento but have never u=
sed it since - just been using a big nut with a wrap of duct tape ever since=
 - safety you know=E2=80=A6
I=E2=80=99ve heard of the Balsa wood knobs from the Porsche 917 being a weig=
ht savings but since you=E2=80=99ve got to buy a 917 to get a real one, I=E2=
=80=99m not sure the benefit. And probably not =E2=80=9Cvintage legal=E2=80=9D=
 for a TR anyway - but ask Henry M.
My (overpriced) $.02 worth=E2=80=A6
Greg =E2=80=9CLunker=E2=80=9D Hilyer
Albuquerque NM=20

> On Apr 17, 2023, at 4:08 PM, WALJE via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Friends
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> I am looking for a quality gear shift knob to fit my T9 five speed transmi=
ssion.  Does anyone have a source?
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> Thank you
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> Dennis Walje
> 68 GT6
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr">A early Jag XKE has a beau=
tiful brass knob under the plastic coating that originally showed the shift p=
attern. Weighs about 7lbs but sure is pretty.&nbsp;</div><div dir=3D"ltr">St=
art of the Kas Cup race at Watkins Glen 2008(?). Got a good second gear run u=
p to the green flag. Picked up a few spots. Hit third and that nice brass kn=
ob broke right off, landed in my side of the tunnel, and I spent half the ra=
ce trying to keep it from going under the pedals. Finding a &nbsp;rolling ba=
ll while wearing a harness isn=E2=80=99t easy, but by about lap 5 I had toss=
ed it into the passenger footwell. Still have it as a memento but have never=
 used it since - just been using a big nut with a wrap of duct tape ever sin=
ce - safety you know=E2=80=A6</div><div dir=3D"ltr">I=E2=80=99ve heard of th=
e Balsa wood knobs from the Porsche 917 being a weight savings but since you=
=E2=80=99ve got to buy a 917 to get a real one, I=E2=80=99m not sure the ben=
efit. And probably not =E2=80=9Cvintage legal=E2=80=9D for a TR anyway - but=
 ask Henry M.</div><div dir=3D"ltr">My (overpriced) $.02 worth=E2=80=A6</div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">Greg =E2=80=9CLunker=E2=80=9D Hilyer</div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>Albuquerque NM&nbsp;</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On=
 Apr 17, 2023, at 4:08 PM, WALJE via Fot &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:<b=
r><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF=
<div class=3D"yahoo-style-wrap" style=3D"font-family:verdana, helvetica, san=
s-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Friends</div=
><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setd=
ir=3D"false">I am looking for a quality gear shift knob to fit my T9 five sp=
eed transmission.&nbsp; Does anyone have a source?</div><div dir=3D"ltr" dat=
a-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Thank yo=
u</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" dat=
a-setdir=3D"false">Dennis Walje</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">=
68 GT6</div></div><span>_______________________________________________</spa=
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