How Rare is This?

[ethree]

My 74 e3 had a push on knob with about 1/2 wide spline.

[dvmotorsports]

Auction it, honestly. One way or another among the entire BMW community, you'll be able to find some one who wants it bad enough.

True. We'll see.

If memory serves me correctly, 3.0's, 2002's, and other BMW's of that era used screw on shift knobs. If this one was pressed on in an E28 or E34.... then there is the answer on how genuine it is.

I double checked it and it is a push on. No sign of threads ever. But there appears to be a retaining clip inside.

[rThor432]

If memory serves me correctly, 3.0's, 2002's, and other BMW's of that era used screw on shift knobs. If this one was pressed on in an E28 or E34.... then there is the answer on how genuine it is.

[Aptyp]

Auction it, honestly. One way or another among the entire BMW community, you'll be able to find some one who wants it bad enough.

[dvmotorsports]

It may be a motorsport emblem for a motorcycle, retrofitted! ;)

Where might that have been originally equipped on a bike? The one emblem somebody pointed out earlier was over 2" across. And I owned an air head before. The only emblems it had were on the tank. So I don't know where it would have been on there. I'm so lost right now.

[dvmotorsports]

Not busting your balls, just saying that it's an unlikely combination. The knob itself looks BMW, and the badge COULD be BMW as well, but they just didn't come together in that era. If it came out of e28 or e34 then it's really not going to be the original knob for that car.

By the way, OE knobs could easily have been made in England, as a whole of parts on e30's are made all over Europe (Austria, Spain, Italy, England, and maybe few others)

Yeah I have no doubt it's not from that car. It just felt like it was during removal. But like I said, that could be for several reasons. Maybe it was glued on. Thanks for the info on the parts manufacturing.

I am just dying to know where it came from and how rare it is. Sorry for coming off like a dick in my last post.

With that said, if anyone knows anything about this, please share. I am coming up with nothing thus far. And I really don't want to wait to contact NJ and wait for a response.

[VAPORBLADE]

It may be a motorsport emblem for a motorcycle, retrofitted! ;)

[Aptyp]

Not busting your balls, just saying that it's an unlikely combination. The knob itself looks BMW, and the badge COULD be BMW as well, but they just didn't come together in that era. If it came out of e28 or e34 then it's really not going to be the original knob for that car.

By the way, OE knobs could easily have been made in England, as a whole of parts on e30's are made all over Europe (Austria, Spain, Italy, England, and maybe few others)

[dvmotorsports]

I say it's fake because the know resembles MID-70's knobs, If you found that knob, you'd have to take it out of 2002tiit or the original TURBO. M-division didn't exactly earn their stripes (get it, stripes) until M1 came out, and that was late seventies. If you ever seen e21, e12, and early e24 knobs, they became taller.




Now as far as e30 drivers getting real parts...... WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING?
Why do you think people flame IE, why do you think people buy sportmaxes. This community doesn't have millionaires club, at list not on online forums. We all try to get the best for least. If anything these communities are hustlers and thugs (in a very good way).

Well, i could take it out of any car honestly. How it got there, I have no idea. I looked in a lot of BMW's today, so if memory serves me correctly, i took this from an E28 or E34. The way it was attached seems as if it was there since day one. Pain in the ass to pull off. But that really could be for any reason.

And I am not saying all E30 owners buy real things, but from what I have seen, they do more so than E36 and E46 owners. BTW if it was fake, i wouldn't see part of a BMW part number.

Also, I didn't ask for people to come in and break balls. Simply answer the question. Which was not "is this fake". So if you don't like the knob, stay the fuck out of my thread.




Current update - I looked down in the hole and I see "ade in eng". Which I am assuming would say if read in full "Made in England". I don't know why it would say that. Oh wait, yes I do. IT'S FAKE!

[Aptyp]

I say it's fake because the know resembles MID-70's knobs, If you found that knob, you'd have to take it out of 2002tiit or the original TURBO. M-division didn't exactly earn their stripes (get it, stripes) until M1 came out, and that was late seventies. If you ever seen e21, e12, and early e24 knobs, they became taller.




Now as far as e30 drivers getting real parts...... WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING?
Why do you think people flame IE, why do you think people buy sportmaxes. This community doesn't have millionaires club, at list not on online forums. We all try to get the best for least. If anything these communities are hustlers and thugs (in a very good way).

[dvmotorsports]

Here is all I have so far.

How have you verified it if you can't find any photo documentation of it in a vehicle? Do you have the part number?

Verified buy a BMW parts guys of 30 years. PN# is under the disc. Can only see part of it. Don't want to remove the disc.

FAKE, neat but fake.

How do you figure?

I don't care how rare it is, if the logo is available (and German eBay is GOD) people will be popping logo's into their e30 knobs. So the knob you have will worth nothing.

I understand your point. But i find that it is usually E36 guys buying fake shit and calling it real. Most E30 guy's are connoisseurs and have a tendency to buy real things.

[george graves]

^party pooper

[Aptyp]

I don't care how rare it is, if the logo is available (and German eBay is GOD) people will be popping logo's into their e30 knobs. So the knob you have will worth nothing.

And for $120, any one on this forum would just search for an UUC SSK and get that.

Good luck.

[SpartanTiger81]

Positive. I have googling for a few hours with no luck.



More info please



Depends on the rarity.

Sorry, but that about all the info I can give you right now. I may be able get a pic tomorrow if I have time.

[Aptyp]

FAKE, neat but fake.