I got my first thing from wish.com, a 5 speed shift knob. It was $13 and made from aluminum with the numbers recessed into the top, I really wanted black with white numbers but the black ones have red numbers so I guess that will work for me.
It is not bad except the adapters are plastic even though the picture showed them being aluminum and there are three included. they are threaded on the outside for the knob but are just smooth bore holes on the part that fits on the shifter arm, none of the holes were right anyway so I drilled the smallest one out and tapped to match my shifter arm.
Other modifications I made was to to drop a nut in the bottom of the hole (just as a spacer) and mix up some two part epoxy putty and drop it in the bottom of the hole.
I actually made a little rope of putty and shoved it down into the nut hole and then put a ball on the bottom of the nut where the adapter screws up against it, of course I screwed it on tight with the numbers right side up
I may never get the knob back off but I can slide the shifter boot up from the bottom so it shouldn't make any difference.
The knob is slightly bigger than the original plastic one (that had no shift pattern on it) It actually is a little nicer than the original as far as the knob, my only complaint is the plastic adapters (ok so the original is a plastic knob including the part that screws onto the arm, I guess plastic or nylon, adapters should hold up ok) and it was made in China but Hurst balls are probably made in China as well
for a lot more money (like $35+).
I guess it is kinda silly getting one with the shift pattern on it at all I already know how to shift a 5-speed
I guess I was kinda wanting something with a classic look to it.
See Ya,
Mike