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  • 2 months later...

I picked up a leather shift knob on eBay for $4.95 including shipping to the house. It was originally for an MG but I decided to see if I could fit it in the Birkin. I measured the "Lotus" emblem on a spare key fob I had and it looked like it would fit perfectly in the new shift knob. I drilled and tapped the base for the M10x1.5 thread on the shifter (it was originally 5/16-24), knocked out the "MG" emblem, cut the "Lotus" emblem off and filed down the two remaining tabs to make it perfectly round, and RTV'd it in place on the former MG shift knob. For a total of about $12.00 and about a half hours work I have this:

 

http://www.usa7s.net/ASPNETFORUM/upload/1251537751_20081116_0001.JPG

 

The seller was lynne222 and they seem to regularly have shift knobs listed from $5-10 including shipping, but obviously they could be bid up higher.

 

Bruce :7drive:

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  • 4 weeks later...

Looks good Rob! I just picked up another leather shift knob from the same seller on eBay for $2.44 including shipping to the house. :) Now I just have to find another spare key fob...

 

Bruce :7drive:

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