[Tigers] Short Sh(r)ift

[Andy Walker]

Rob:

As far as I am concerned, there was no advantage to having the short
shifter, other than the fact that it looked more "Cobra-ish."  The short
shifter made third gear a fairly uncomfortable reach for most drivers.
There's definitely a reason that Rootes went to the longer shifters...

Andy Walker


-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of robertdhogan
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 5:07 PM
To: tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: [Tigers] Short Sh(r)ift

Although short top-loader shifters are very rare, is there any significant
advantage to using a short shifter in the Tiger?  A short shifter sold on
e-pay for $422.99 this week.  Seems that some resourceful individual might
be able to shorten a $50 Mustang example and re-weld the internal rod and
external tube to make a short shifter for a lot less than $422.  Anyone know
of that being done before?  

 

Rob in Mich-Again
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