nose cone and hockey stick. the hockey stick has a short piece of it
sticking out the end of nose cone-the shift coupler bolts onto it.and if not
a 1960 only frame(the beetle) you need the bus front rubber mount. 1960
beetle you would use the 60-67 bus nosecone,hockey stick and 1960 only
beetle front rubber mount.
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From: asad ishaque [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Changing the shift rod.
I did notice that 'indexing pin' on the pre 67 shifters.
I think that is what keeps them from rotating. The post 68 ones can
be rotated as you mentioned.
So for fitting the chromed example Id have to cut n file...now Id
put that on the back burner, unless I experiment with a spare tunnel rod.
This also means Id have to go the same route to fit the pre 67 shift
lever onto the rag. Or maybe go on treasure hunt and change the tunnel rod
to an earlier item. If Im really lucky Id find the pre 67 bus nosecone too.
I think thats a better option.
Asad
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:06:08 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Changing the shift rod.
I have a slightly-bent chromed shift lever in my `69, IIRC it did come
from a pre`68 Type III. `68-up shiftrods do not have the slot in the
front of the ball-socket for the indexing pin that sticks out of the
front of the early bent levers (the exception being `68 AutoStick). The
straight shift levers used on `68-up cars can spin 'round and 'round. If
you removed the index pin from a bent shifter to allow it to be
installed into the late shiftrod it would swing about crazily when you
tried to shift. I used a cut-off wheel and some small files to create
the slot in my shiftrod, and it works great. I'd recommend removing the
shiftrod from the pan to do this, it's difficult to do in-place without
scarring up the top of the tunnel. --- asad ishaque
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oki,I found a chrome
shift rod at the scrapyard. The scrapper had no idea what VW it came
off but we have stong suspicion over a type 3 Variant. I saw the
same shifter on thesamba a while back (missed the link) and it was also
advertised as coming from a doubtful source. Its chromed and has a
slight bend at one place. Size is about that of a post 68 lever.
Question is can it be a bolt on addition to my daily driver 68?? I can
test fit it and see. Any thing to look out for??While on this
subject...the 59 rag project has a late 60s engine and gear box.
The tunnel rod is also a later unit as the coupling under the rear
seat is of the newer style. The shift rod has been swapped too to a
post 68 type. I have sourced a pre 63 and a post 63 shift lever. The
older one has a bigger dia thread. Question is...can I just
swap the older levers onto the newer setup?? Or quite simply can we
just bolt on a different model shift lever to any bug??TIA
Asad
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