Anyone recognize the pieces used in this gear lever? It's late 60s vintage Porsche.
The aluminum part looks like part of a shock that's been customized or possibly a standard part sourced from a 911. The knob is custom for sure and is laminated balsa.
Where did you find that?
Making one, though finding one would be easier.
The knob looks like Jupiter.
Certainly nothing from a road car. That's not 356 or 911/912.
917? If so, where do I get one?
Maroon92 wrote: Certainly nothing from a road car. That's not 356 or 911/912. 917? If so, where do I get one?
917 is the only thing I can think of with a balsa shift-knob.
It's from a 908. The 917 may have used the same lever, I've never seen one up close in person. There was a lot of carryover between the cars. The 907 used the same lever portion, but the aluminum spherical joint was slightly different. The knob was phenolic. The 906 and 910, which predate the 907 are left hand drive and have a completely different shift lever assembly. I was hoping the pictured lever was derived from a production part, but by the 907 era, Porsche was less frugal with the prototypes and I guess they probably purpose built the parts. This one has obviously been ground on though.
Is this something that you own or just a photo that you found?
A closer look makes me think that it's in a display case.
It's in the Porsche Museum at Zuffenhausen.
Here's one in a 917.
Woody wrote: A closer look makes me think that it's in a display case.
That's what I was thinking
Balsa wood shift knob? Damn, they were trimming weight everywhere.
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