{"id":2199614,"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2199614"},"modified":"2026-10-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T21:00:00","slug":"five-of-the-best-classic-gearknobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2199614","title":{"rendered":"Five of the best classic gearknobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 dsxNZr\">\n<p>Ford\u2019s 50th anniversary tribute to Steve McQueen\u2019s movie car gets a white cue ball shifter&#8230; shame you never see it in the film. D\u2019oh!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 dsxNZr\">\n<p>The original dimpled golf ball from the 1976 MkI Golf GTI remains an iconic place to rest your palm. It has featured on manual GTIs ever since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 dsxNZr\">\n<p>Flip-top lid and a big, red button? All gearsticks should have an ejector-seat release to void annoying passengers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 dsxNZr\">\n<p>This silvery moon is attached to one of the best gearboxes in the business. You\u2019ll find yourself changing gear for no particular reason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 dsxNZr\">\n<p>Original GTs arrived with a beechwood gearknob that paid homage to the 917 Le Mans racers. Perfect for admiring as you stall, again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford\u2019s 50th anniversary tribute to Steve McQueen\u2019s movie car gets a white cue ball shifter&#8230; shame you never see it in the film. D\u2019oh! The original dimpled golf ball from the 1976 MkI Golf GTI remains an iconic place to rest your palm. It has featured on manual GTIs ever since. Flip-top lid and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-2199614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2199614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2199614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2199614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2199614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}