Well, I definitely agree about that. Shorter would be better, certainly.
The radio in this particular Midget had a row of pushbuttons that stuck out
almost an inch, right at a level with the shift knob, and some genius had
installed an oversized leather-wrapped knob which made it even worse. I
convinced the owner to substitute a smaller walnut knob at the same time she
replaced the broken steering wheel with a wood rim.
I am visualizing a CD finishing play and ejecting just when a quick 4-3
downshift is called for... talk about sliced knuckles... hopefully it's not
as bad as all that.
on 3/31/05 8:29 PM, Jim Juhas at james.f.juhas@snet.net wrote:
> Well, I may be remembering badly, about exactly where the radio sits in the
> console. We had a '69 that had a radio in the console, and that one is gone.
> The '66 we have now has no radio at all. But I like shortened shifters.
> Keeps
> my knuckles away from the dash. I took about an inch and a half out of it;
> could have gone shorter. Not much more effort, and lots more fun to shift.
>
> Max Heim wrote:
>
>> Easy???
>>
>> It seems to me that in a CB Midget, you'd have to shorten it down to a nub.
>> I remember busting my knuckles on the radio pushbuttons on every 2-3, 4-3 or
>> 2-1 shift (no, I'm not completely stupid; it wasn't my car, so every time I
>> got into it I had to "learn" all over again).
>>
>> At any rate, all Jeremy needs to do is to pick up a CD and walk out to his
>> Midget, and see if he can fit it between the shifter and the radio
>> faceplate. As my father used to say, "Look with your eyes, not with your
>> mouth"...
>>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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