Black or white shifter ball?

[MC1of80]

Hello all. Getting ready to start to restore my 71 402 4speed, classic copper, dark saddle int Monte Carlo this winter. Does anyone know what shifter ball came on the 4speed cars? I know they were plain, no 4speed pattern on them due to the pattern being on the console. Black or white? 

[714024SPEED]

 I think it should be a black plain knob. GM part #3992308. 

[Monteman1971]

Definitely black........ 

[sredmyer]

My 1970 has a white shift knob with the 4 speed pattern...was this different for 1971

[Monteman1971]

Looks like that's a Hurst shifter with the Hurst aftermarket ball Steve..... they all came with a Muncie Shifter and a non descript black knob from the factory.

Steve

[MC1of80]

Thank you all for the quick responses. Sredmyer- the shifter ball is left blank on the Montes and Chevelle's because the "4speed pattern" is on the console. 

[sredmyer]

WOW Learn something every day.  Although mine is not original to this car (it is an SS454) I was told it was original to the donor Monte it came out of.  I have also seen several others that all had knobs and shifters like mine so I just assumed that is how they came.

[1970mcss]

Steve, the part number for 1970 was 390749, the shifter knob for a Chevelle w/out console had the shift pattern on them

[overdrive]

I've seen some with the original Muncie shifter and a chrome ball. 

Dan

[RealRed70]

A 1970 Chevelle usually came with a chrome ball. Did a 1970 Monte also have the chrome ball? I would think so.

[MC1of80]

With console- no pattern on ball

Without console- pattern on ball

[overdrive]

[overdrive]

I believe the knob should be chrome for 1970 and black for 71. 

Dan

[Monteman1971]

Not sure of the 1970 but mine was definitely just a black knob on the 1971. 4 speed pattern on the console.

Steve

[Vaughn]

I believe Dan is correct on this,  every 4 speed I have seen is as he said

[SmokinMC88]

I have an original stock ‘71 with a Muncie, no console and it has a white shifter with pattern. 

[overdrive]

With some help from others here today in another post, we found  #3992308 is the correct '71 shifter knob when using a console. This is it.