I have this shift **** that I want to put in my Carrera and I have not been able to find out which Porsche this may have come out of. Anyone have a clue?

 

What does the underside (threaded area) look like?
Is the entire ball hollow, or does it have a blind hole bored into a solid sphere?
If it is hollow, you might be able to fill it with epoxy, then drill the correct diameter (& depth) hole to accomodate the use of a new crush sleeve.
Since it is metal, I would suspect it to be strong enough to crush the new sleeve upon installation rather than crack the epoxy and/or ****.
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it doesn't look like a factory **** I've ever seen, maybe an accesory from the late 60's early 70's and looks well loved, would look very cool on a vintage restoration

 

To me it looks like an Amco **** from the late 190'2 to mid 70's. But I've never seen those in metal, only wood.

 

I would be tempted to take a 2 inch square piece of aluminum (about 1/8" thick), weld a threaded aluminum post approximately 3 inches tall to it, brush finish the assembly, screw the **** on to the post and have the best paper weight in the office (although it would be far safer in your home office!).
Pete

 

This is the threaded area and is hollow. I will get it on the car to just try it out and keep the stock **** as well I was just wondering if it was a factory **** from years past. By the way, shining a pen light inside reveales the word JAPAN. Agains it's solid and heavy and certainly not new. I'm still trying to ID it. Perhaps it is an after market piece from back in the day's.
A paper weight momento? Perhaps it's final demise.

 

DOH!

 

These were ***** that controlled the turret traversing mechanism on Dr. Porsche's Panzer tank. The word Japan is printed there, because they are from the consignment meant to be shipped to Germany's ally, Japan. The Normandy invasion interuppted those plans.

- there, mystery solved.

 

Figured it out...it's a German nut cracker to be used on a varrying assortment of imported Japanese nut's. The hole on the bottom is a handy containment area for a suicide pill in case you are caught cracking enemy nut's with it.
Should have known!