[Shotimes] ATX or MTX?

[Shylo McKinsey]

MTX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shylo (Am not your father, but will not let you
fall...) McKinsey

'91 White Well...You know...
--- van Oss <vanOss@centurytel.net> wrote:
> I am embarking on a SHO wagon project.  Parts are
> coming my way that enable
> me to choose:  The SHO wagon could be an ATX or MTX.
> 
> The SHO wagon will get used for vacations and around
> town.  It will be daily
> fun and a highway cruiser, not built for
> competition.  (We have other SHOs
> for high-speed track days, low-speed autocross, and
> such.)
> 
> The ATX might be easier.  That was what Brian Klimes
> did with Thumper.  I
> wouldn't have to mount a clutch pedal, I could
> perhaps use the column
> shifter already in the car, and then I wouldn't have
> to horse with mounting
> a floor shifter, console, and new seats.  The
> downside is it would be an ATX
> which I wouldn't feel confident about until it had
> had an expensive rebuild
> (FPS).
> 
> On the other hand...  I like an MTX.  The key reason
> I bought my first SHO
> (a 92, bought in 96) was that it was the only real
> American-made true
> 5-seater that I could get with an MTX.  All of my
> SHOs are MTXs:  91, 91
> Plus, and 92.  I have an 85K MTX on hand that I
> would want to open, refresh,
> and maybe go Quaiffe.  I would welcome the challenge
> of doing my own tranny
> rebuild, and could fall back on Courtney if need be.
>  I would need to buy
> and install a rod shifter, I have a console, and
> would need to refurbish
> some mocha seats I have.
> 
> I have to confess that (1) I've never driven an ATX
> SHO, only MTX, so I
> cannot compare, and (2) driving the wagon with its
> present 3.8L/AXOD has a
> kind of serenity and I do see the attraction.  Yeah,
> I'm getting older.  On
> the other hand, though an MTX is more work in
> traffic, we don't have too
> much traffic here in La Crosse, and I really do like
> the feeling of
> directness in an MTX as opposed to the ambiguity of
> an ATX.
> 
> I guess I'm looking for the MTX crowd to say "Luke,
> search your feelings.
> Don't give in to the dark side."  Something like
> that.   : )
> 
> Joseph van Oss
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