Date:         Wed, 19 Apr 1995 10:09:57 -0700
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From:         eugp@uclink3.berkeley.edu (Eugene C. Palmer)
Subject:      Re: '64 Tranny Problems

>On the good note, I coughed up the $120 to buy a Gene Berg shifter for my old
>bus and it is an impressive piece of work, although it looks like I'll need to
>open up the hole in my floor mat to clear the base of the assembly (this thing
>has a shorter throw because the tall base raises the pivot point of the shifter
>about 2 inches).  

If you got the locking shifter, and I hope you didn't, you will have to keep
your emergency brake in top adjustment because it hits the body of the
shifter, a serious design flaw, and the one thing Ol Geno should simply stop
selling.

Sincerely, 
Eugene

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