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Re: [Spridgets] A shifter question?

To: "crusaderchuck55@aol.com" <crusaderchuck55@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] A shifter question?
From: Paul Van Wig via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 12:26:50 -0800
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I use to use a Tee knob Hearst shifter on a cut in =C2=BD shaft =F0=9F=A4=
=AA

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 12:06 AM crusaderchuck55--- via Spridgets <
spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

> On Saturday I was fooling around with the mirrors and seat placement.
>  Like some kid dreaming of driving dad's car very soon I was sitting in t=
he
> car and tried the shifter.  Great it shifts!   But its the most unsettlin=
g
> feeling shifter!  WHY?   I have a repro black spridget shift knob in the
> car.  The rubber insert in the base of the knob is so spongy it feels lik=
e
> I could throw a gear and rip the knob off the stick!
> My question is this:
> Those of you who either race one of these or drive VERY spirited , what
> are you using for a gear shift knob?  I liked the original looking black
> one with the nice shift pattern inset in white.  Looked nice.  But I can
> feel , sitting still that pretty knob is going to fail...and do so at a
> very inconvenient time.
> Pictures or manufacturers?   And yes I have an old beer t ap handle from
> nack in the 70's & NO it's not going in the Midget...LOL!
> Chuck
>
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Paul Van Wig Sent from tiny little buttons

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<div><div dir=3D"auto">I use to use a Tee knob Hearst shifter on a cut in =
=C2=BD shaft =F0=9F=A4=AA</div></div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 12:06 AM crusad=
erchuck55--- via Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>=
spridgets@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail=
_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:=
1ex">







<div>
    <div style=3D"font-size:10pt"><div dir=3D"auto">On Saturday I was fooli=
ng around with the mirrors and seat placement.=C2=A0 =C2=A0Like some kid dr=
eaming of driving dad&#39;s car very soon I was sitting in the car and trie=
d the shifter.=C2=A0 Great it shifts!=C2=A0 =C2=A0But its the most unsettli=
ng feeling shifter!=C2=A0 WHY?=C2=A0 =C2=A0I have a repro black spridget sh=
ift knob in the car.=C2=A0 The rubber insert in the base of the knob is so =
spongy it feels like I could throw a gear and rip the knob off the stick!</=
div><div dir=3D"auto">My question is this:</div><div dir=3D"auto">Those of =
you who either race one of these or drive VERY spirited , what are you usin=
g for a gear shift knob?=C2=A0 I liked the original looking black one with =
the nice shift pattern inset in white.=C2=A0 Looked nice.=C2=A0 But I can f=
eel , sitting still that pretty knob is going to fail...and do so at a very=
 inconvenient time.</div><div dir=3D"auto">Pictures or manufacturers?=C2=A0=
 =C2=A0And yes I have an old beer t
 ap handle from nack in the 70&#39;s &amp; NO it&#39;s not going in the Mid=
get...LOL!</div><div dir=3D"auto">Chuck</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><d=
iv><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"font-size:9pt"><i>Sent from my LG Mobile</i><=
/div></div></div>


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