leo - I restore cars, as you know from my web page, but clearly Ivan is
looking for a "custom" look rather than a "new from the factory" look. We
all know that reproductions of many of these handles are widely available
(of course for MY pink Cadillac, almost nothing in that color is available,
but then again, what would you expect....).

Also, as something of a restoration purist - putting on an incorrect gear
shift knob is harmless, you can always remove it and put a stock knob back
on - on the other hand, taking a nice condition cream puff and doing a
chop/channel job turns a collector car into a custom rod with no path of
return. So, my bias is, customize the unrestorable and restore the good
ones.

"Leo Lichtman" wrote in message
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"Ivan Vegvary" wrote: (clip) All of your ideas are great! Don't know
which
one to choose. (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Since you are dealing with a classic car restoration, I would save all of
Bill N's ideas for something else, and make a knob that duplicates the
original.