Gearshift whiskers
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Gearshift whiskers
An alternative to the original CAC2864 brushes (I call 'em 'whiskers') is some ordinary sheet rubber glued into place.
You can still buy new brushes. In fact, that's what I did. Then, in a not-so-uncommon-for-me moment of ham-handedness, ruined them with an inadvertent blurp of crazy glue. Grrrr !
Knowing I had a roll of thin sheet rubber on hand I decided to make up a substitute. A couple strips cut and glued into place.....this time without making a mess of things.
Sheet rubber is readily available online; inexpensive; good to have on hand for 1001 uses.
Cheers
DD
You can still buy new brushes. In fact, that's what I did. Then, in a not-so-uncommon-for-me moment of ham-handedness, ruined them with an inadvertent blurp of crazy glue. Grrrr !
Knowing I had a roll of thin sheet rubber on hand I decided to make up a substitute. A couple strips cut and glued into place.....this time without making a mess of things.
Sheet rubber is readily available online; inexpensive; good to have on hand for 1001 uses.
Cheers
DD
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I actually got a boar hair brush and took that apart, arranged on tape, then glued to the strip to refinish mine. It seems the factory ones were either dyed or synthetic, since I recall them being black. It matches the factory boar's hair on the seat belt track though, so I think it looks good.
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a leather boot is what is missing. There is a story about a wealthy Jaguar owner invited to a party at William Lons home in the late 1940s.
As soon as he got Lyons in private he complained about the lack of a shifter boot and how his hand became dirty with grease.
Lyons replied: "Gentlemen wear Gloves".
The next morning the wealthy owner traded the Jag for a Aston Martin.
As soon as he got Lyons in private he complained about the lack of a shifter boot and how his hand became dirty with grease.
Lyons replied: "Gentlemen wear Gloves".
The next morning the wealthy owner traded the Jag for a Aston Martin.
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