Curious about who is using what style of Shift Knob on their Spiders, and also what's original - black knob with shift pattern markings or no shift pattern -what came on your Spider?
I would check sales brochures just to be sure. Early 105 Spiders, including Duetto and 1750 had no shift pattern for the European versions of the cars. I the US, the 1750 got the shift pattern.
In his initial post, Lokki asks two somewhat different questions: "what's the best looking?" as well as "what's original (to a '71 spider)".
My earlier post addressed his second question, but I feel that for a (stock) '71 spider, the black plastic factory knob is also the right answer for "best looking".
No insult intended for the people who custom-make teak shift knobs. Or who install Nardi, amco or other factory-made wood knobs. But keep in mind that a 1971 spider has NO wood in its interior - no wood rim steering wheel, no faux wood on the console, none anywhere. So sticking a hunk of dead tree at the end of the shift lever would look funny on a '71 spider. Perhaps OK for a '72 or later, perhaps OK for a GT with a faux wood console, but I'm just not seeing it on Lokki's car.
What is best looking is a weird question to me. Aesthetics are very personal and that is rather personal, no? It just seems weird to ask...but I am very opinionated when it comes to design, looks, aesthetics.
I agree stock is most apprapo. However I've broken all of the rules and put in an "eight ball" on my '83. Does it look out of place, yup. But I like it and it fits well in my hand, also the stock faux wood grained plastic one was worn white, which looked terrible, (to me).
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