Re: Weren't column-shifts initially unreliable?

Posted by Jim McDermaid On 2015/10/26 12:48:34

I grew up driving the Old Man's 1950 Chevy with "three on the tree".

It had developed a problem where when shifting from first to second the linkage would lock up in first gear with the shift lever suck in neutral.

The only way to fix it was to park the car still stuck in low gear, turn off the engine and open the hood and pull up the low linkage.

It always did this at the least convienant time.

Jim