Fabricating a shifter console

[Matts440]

That turned out awesome, wish you were closer would see if you could make a console for me

 

[younggun2.0]

That turned out awesome, wish you were closer would see if you could make a console for me

Yeah it looks better I think I’m black with machined holes. I would build one if I ever finished mine

 

[Matts440]

Lol yeah that shine of the holes with the black is a sweet look

 

[younggun2.0]

Lol yeah that shine of the holes with the black is a sweet look

Took forever! Used rolledup 120grit sand paper in my cordless drill

 

[Matts440]

Hey but well worth the finished product and the end result

 

[younggun2.0]

So here are the inner workings of this shifter. Very very simple design. I ordered shin washers and took up all the side to side play. Now levers don’t rattle.

Then I painted my shifter/console mount

Then I worked on my cheap eBay shift knobs. They are threaded for 12mm so I drilled heli coiled them with American threads.

 

[younggun2.0]

 

[moparmat2000]

That looks really cool. The lever with the red knob i presume is for park, neutral, and reverse. Its got style, with a high emphasis on function. Basically saying no bullshit here, just like an aircraft cockpit.

 

[moparmat2000]

With your skills you could do some serious aviation sheetmetal. Granted its mostly aluminum, and typically held together with all rivets, hylocks, and jo bolts No welding However theres warbird restoratiin places that restore old WW2 fighters, and bombers. Sometimes the parts they have to fabricate using 70 year old blueprints from the original manufacturer which may no longer be in business. I have seen places like these restore aircraft where there might gave been inly 20% left along with its serial number plate. And fabricate everything to fill in the blanks. If you have never been up close to an 1800 HP Rolls Royce Merlin liquid cooled V12 with short stack exhaust, well damn. Thats a hot rod. Or an allison liquid cooled V12 with turbo supercharger, another hot rod. Rhese things have pistons the size of coffee cans monster sized valves. These were the got rod fighter engines that ran down hitlers luftwaffe.