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From: AZ Nomad on 19 Nov 2009 20:57 On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:42:46 -0500, Nate Nagel <njnagel(a)roosters.net> wrote: >I converted my '55 Stude from an automatic to a 4-speed, I probably >wouldn't do it again, but I really had to have a stickshift to be happy >with the car. I'm thinking about converting it to a column-shift >3-speed with overdrive for vintage coolness and more gear spread (or Automobile design has changed a bit in the last 50 years.
From: Nate Nagel on 19 Nov 2009 21:02 AZ Nomad wrote: > On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:42:46 -0500, Nate Nagel <njnagel(a)roosters.net> wrote: > >> I converted my '55 Stude from an automatic to a 4-speed, I probably >> wouldn't do it again, but I really had to have a stickshift to be happy >> with the car. I'm thinking about converting it to a column-shift >> 3-speed with overdrive for vintage coolness and more gear spread (or > > Automobile design has changed a bit in the last 50 years. yeah, mostly for the more complex, making a swap even less of a good idea unless you're really committed to it. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel
From: Scott Dorsey on 20 Nov 2009 06:55
AZ Nomad <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote: >On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:42:46 -0500, Nate Nagel <njnagel(a)roosters.net> wrote: > >>I converted my '55 Stude from an automatic to a 4-speed, I probably >>wouldn't do it again, but I really had to have a stickshift to be happy >>with the car. I'm thinking about converting it to a column-shift >>3-speed with overdrive for vintage coolness and more gear spread (or > >Automobile design has changed a bit in the last 50 years. Sadly not anywhere NEAR enough. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |