Got my 1952 Studebaker back from my mechanic today.
(Yay. It went there the week before Drive Your Studebaker Day--so it spent all summer tucked away).
Seems he broke (not his fault--it was trying to break before he ever looked at it, let alone touched it) the knob that goes on the end of the select lever for its automatic transmission.
It appears to be made of ivory phenol formaldehyde resin (trade name for one brand of this is Bakelite) though I could not test it to be sure. It was clearly the same resin as the steering wheel of all 1952's.
Where do I get a replacement?
Would be nice to get one made of the real formula of vintage plastic because the look of that product is different than modern ivory colored plastic. But obviously I have to go with what is out there.
I am clueless. I never had a knob of that type break on any car before. Whole transmissions break, whole windows--but tiny knobs inside the car? Just my luck!
(Yay. It went there the week before Drive Your Studebaker Day--so it spent all summer tucked away).
Seems he broke (not his fault--it was trying to break before he ever looked at it, let alone touched it) the knob that goes on the end of the select lever for its automatic transmission.
It appears to be made of ivory phenol formaldehyde resin (trade name for one brand of this is Bakelite) though I could not test it to be sure. It was clearly the same resin as the steering wheel of all 1952's.
Where do I get a replacement?
Would be nice to get one made of the real formula of vintage plastic because the look of that product is different than modern ivory colored plastic. But obviously I have to go with what is out there.
I am clueless. I never had a knob of that type break on any car before. Whole transmissions break, whole windows--but tiny knobs inside the car? Just my luck!
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