Re: [PLUG] Survey: who drives a stick shift?

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On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Sean C. Sheridan wrote:

> > (The Comet had a 3-speed in an H pattern on the column

I had a '63 Fairlane station wagon with the three on the column.  The
linkages wore out and I had to replace it with a Hirst floor shift.
The result was a back ward H as the connections on the transmission
were a mirror image what would be the floor shift connections.

Also had a Saab 97 V-4.  Could race 'vettes on the curve but not the
straight.

bs




> > and a very loose clutch.)
>
> Not only that, it had a syncromesh transmission.  Meaning: you had to stop
> the car completely before putting it in first.
>
> Same problem in a 66 Mustang... it's a pain to drive in traffic because
> people don't understand why you need to stop the car before moving it...
>
> (Good way to get hit in the rear).
>
>
> Yes, of course I broke it and replaced it with a 1967 "modern" transmission.
>
>
> fwiw I think the poster is right... programmers drive stick shifts.
>
>
> Sean C. Sheridan
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