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Old 12-18-2003, 03:22 AM
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From German ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...category=23020

No button - you press down the whole shifter to do the unlocking.
Old 12-18-2003, 03:41 AM
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That's pretty cool. Same type of lock out mech. as the one on the Aussie 928 site:

http://www.landsharkoz.com/htm/rh_ss.htm

Looks pretty solid.

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Old 12-18-2003, 04:07 AM
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Simple, attractive, and the lock-out sounds very quick and intuitive.

Warning! Shiny metal shifters and hot sun don't mix well. A great way to amuse coworkers is to try to leave on a hot summer afternoon, only to burn your hand putting the car in gear. Then, run inside and grab a bunch of damp paper towels to cool the bugger off with - after running your slightly burnt hand under cold water for a minute.


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Old 12-18-2003, 06:03 AM
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Originally posted by Jessa
Warning! Shiny metal shifters and hot sun don't mix well.
Not really a good idea when it's really cold out either. I used to have a Hurst aluminum "T" handle on a shifter and drove it in the cold. How many others out there have ever had the skin of your hand freeze to the shifter handle? I kept a glove on the console just for shifting until the car warmed up. Luckily this was all before Michael Jackson ever did the one glove thing, otherwise there would have undoubtedly been some comments made.
Old 12-18-2003, 08:28 AM
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Nothing new about the shifter its been out for the ricers i believe RAZO has them

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Old 12-18-2003, 09:37 AM
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I vote no.......that thing looks more like it belongs on a slot machine rather then ANY car.......
Old 12-18-2003, 12:43 PM
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Z wrote:

How many others out there have ever had the skin of your hand freeze to the shifter handle?
Dude,

That's what the Mr. Gasket "black velvet" replacement t-handles were for. Have you seen those? It was the aluminum "T" with this black kind of hairy-velvet cover on it. Had one in my '68 El Camino with a V-gate shifter. I took a lot of flack for putting that handle on the shifter, probably not as much as I would have taken wearing one glove though. I feel for you man.
Old 12-18-2003, 03:15 PM
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***** the superthing ***** which 928-Automatik-Fahrer not always wished itself a sportiven Schaltknauf. Here is it!!!!! The Knauf is one-piece, milled and highly polished from full aluminum. The assembly is very easy. Remove simply the old "t-grasp" and the new Knauf attach. One does not need for it no more than one cross slot nut runner and 5 minutes time. Nothing must be changed in the schaltgestaenge, really nothing at all! The Knauf is held effected via the fold rubber on the schaltgestaenge, the unblocking down of the lock-out (attached at the t-grasp left laterally) via simple presses the Knaufs. Simply ingeniously, ingeniously simply. I sell privately and exclude all guarantees. Much fun and success when offering.

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Originally posted by atb
That's what the Mr. Gasket "black velvet" replacement t-handles were for. Have you seen those? It was the aluminum "T" with this black kind of hairy-velvet cover on it.
Yes, I definitely remember those. Every time I saw one I couldn't help but think that somewhere there just had to be somebody with a picture of Elvis painted on one.
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Ah thankya, thankya verymuch.....
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Looks like you could hook up a trailer to that thing...
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I kinda like this one-



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