Look at my (gear) knob! Lotus stuff and a trip to PJS

A quick post to share something cool I bought for the Elise last year and never got round to fitting – I bought a wooden gearknob because it’s nice to have some warmth to offset all that functional aluminium in the cabin. I took the car to PJS in Burton who are decidedly less ham-fisted than me to get it fitted, to share some doughnuts, and to enjoy a quick nosey around the workshop. Pics? Pics;

I loved the Chevette HSR in for a lot of work, the Mini was cool too (like welding?) and there’s always an Elan restoration ongoing. Paul is working on a smaller, more contact high-torque starter for the Elan, nice to see some R&D happening here.

I love the blue Evora 410 for sale (info somewhere on this web page).

The knob was fitted with only a small amount of sniggering. I got it from a chap called Basil on Instagram, it’s made from recycled skateboards or something and the colours were my choice to reflect the Lotus green and yellow. Service was a bit slow and the locking nut was the wrong thread, but that’s what you expect when dealing with a little business making a great product, right? I love the result.

Gratuitous pics. The car is great fun to drive, no problems to report, and I really ought to clean it at some point…