Hand made Custom Gear Stick Knob

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PininF

Hand made Custom Gear Stick Knob

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Just got myself a new Gear Stick Knob, these are hand made and come in a variety of colours you can even get them with a Scorpion or Bullets , You can find this guys site on eBay Australia under Redback Spider Gear Sticks he really does amazing work.
Im happy :D
http://www.customredback.com
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ga.spyder
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That is beautiful!!
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1982 Spider 2000...pride and joy
1981 Fiat X1/9..gone but not forgotten
1976 124 Spider..the self-healer
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so how do you let the spider out to feed her ? its a black window right or in the widow family ? Pretty cool

What are these going for
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Black widows ,females , have a hourglass shaped red colouring on their underside. males are small and lack the hourglass.
That looks like a Red Back spider. As you mentioned is in the widow family and is has a venomous bite. No shortage of critters that want to eat you/ bite you down there and bugger you up. :D

I think Spider Jim did something similar but with a Black Widow. Hollowed out the top of the shift knob and covered the dead spider with clear epoxy or something.
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PininF

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Its a Red Back, very venomous ! my back yard is full of them :evil:
Knobs sell between $70 & $100 Aus dollars plus post $10 within Australia
Will post more picks tonight :wink:

Cheers
John
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Creepy, I'm getting the chills just looking at it. I wouldn't be able to touch it to shift, and I'm not normally afraid of spiders :shock:
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How do they feel PiniF. I was looking at getting one a few months back and then read on that they're about 6cm in diameter. Because I've grown up with the feel of the standard Fiat knob (which I adore) I was fearing that I'd hate the feel of a larger gear knob. What's the difference in feel like?
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Fi8spider wrote:How do they feel PiniF. I was looking at getting one a few months back and then read on that they're about 6cm in diameter. Because I've grown up with the feel of the standard Fiat knob (which I adore) I was fearing that I'd hate the feel of a larger gear knob. What's the difference in feel like?
speaking of bigger knobs, I tried a 2" wooden knob on my car but it was too big espesially compared to the original black fiat knob which is a real comfortable drive, when you headin up Fi8t??
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I had made my own. Had some dried lengths of paramidalis cedar, shaped on a band saw and finished with a wood rasp and sand paper. Dipped into flecto verethane and sand between the 5-10 coats.
Drilled a hole in the bottom and used the insert from a clapped out original shift knob so it screwed onto the shifter without an issue.
Like the idea of a spider in the top though. We do have Black Widows here....
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Made another for next project
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Very nice work,Chris
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1982 Spider 2000...pride and joy
1981 Fiat X1/9..gone but not forgotten
1976 124 Spider..the self-healer
2001 BMW 328ci daily driver and track car
Fling It Around Turns !
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Custom Gear Stick Knob see Pics for SALE

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:shock:
Fi8spider wrote:How do they feel PiniF. I was looking at getting one a few months back and then read on that they're about 6cm in diameter. Because I've grown up with the feel of the standard Fiat knob (which I adore) I was fearing that I'd hate the feel of a larger gear knob. What's the difference in feel like?
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Just received today but decided to change my order to that of the Scorpion so my Spider knob is for sale
Its brand new, not after a profit from you guys just money back plus post to the U.S please reply ASAP if interested. :D

P.S Anyone no the thread size on the Shift of a ' 79 :?:
For all you Abarth fans :D
Cheers
John
http://www.customredback.com
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