Anyone looking for a gearknob for their MM should be aware that many advertised as being MM gearknobs are not the correct ones.
The correct MM gearknob was made of rubber and perished easily hence the shortage of good secondhand ones.The bakelite ones with the number 19437 stamped on the underside were from the Morris Series E and 10M but are the same shape as the MM rubber one and have the same gearshift markings.They make a good alternative but are not the real thing.
If you cannot find either then another alternative is the gearknob from a Morris 12/4 S111 or larger which had a 4 speed gearbox.This is a bit more bulbous and heavier.
1934 Morris 10/4 in Dark Green / Black - BGO517
1953 S11 Traveller in Birch Grey - oldest survivor ? Export model now reg PPO924
1953 S11 Traveller in Black - 3rd oldest in UK PPX344
That is a genuine Series II gearknob, which also had two types, this one and a bakelite ball one. The late S.II cars used the pictured type, replacing the ball type, so it would be interesting to know the reason for this if the MM used it also.
Wasnt aware that earlier S11's had a ball shaped gearknob. I thought they all had the mushroom shaped rubber ones. My 53 Traveller came with a rubber one.
1934 Morris 10/4 in Dark Green / Black - BGO517
1953 S11 Traveller in Birch Grey - oldest survivor ? Export model now reg PPO924
1953 S11 Traveller in Black - 3rd oldest in UK PPX344
I beg to differ, to the point of sounding anal. I always thought the early S.II's had the bakelite ball, and the late models had the knob pictured above. My 1956 car certainly does.
Any early minor images ive seen show the mushroom type one fitted to the cheesegrate grill cars. Autocars test car in 1953 had that type too, but happy to be proven wrong. My 54 has the ball one, but i think that its a replacement.
