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Default Re: Brakes unable to stop runaway Lexus in California? - 11-19-2009 , 07:57 PM






On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:42:46 -0500, Nate Nagel <njnagel (AT) roosters (DOT) net> wrote:

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I converted my '55 Stude from an automatic to a 4-speed, I probably
wouldn't do it again, but I really had to have a stickshift to be happy
with the car. I'm thinking about converting it to a column-shift
3-speed with overdrive for vintage coolness and more gear spread (or
Automobile design has changed a bit in the last 50 years.

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Default Re: Brakes unable to stop runaway Lexus in California? - 11-19-2009 , 08:02 PM






AZ Nomad wrote:
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On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:42:46 -0500, Nate Nagel <njnagel (AT) roosters (DOT) net> wrote:

I converted my '55 Stude from an automatic to a 4-speed, I probably
wouldn't do it again, but I really had to have a stickshift to be happy
with the car. I'm thinking about converting it to a column-shift
3-speed with overdrive for vintage coolness and more gear spread (or

Automobile design has changed a bit in the last 50 years.
yeah, mostly for the more complex, making a swap even less of a good
idea unless you're really committed to it.

nate

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Default Re: Brakes unable to stop runaway Lexus in California? - 11-20-2009 , 05:55 AM



AZ Nomad <aznomad.3 (AT) PremoveOBthisOX (DOT) COM> wrote:
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On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:42:46 -0500, Nate Nagel <njnagel (AT) roosters (DOT) net> wrote:

I converted my '55 Stude from an automatic to a 4-speed, I probably
wouldn't do it again, but I really had to have a stickshift to be happy
with the car. I'm thinking about converting it to a column-shift
3-speed with overdrive for vintage coolness and more gear spread (or

Automobile design has changed a bit in the last 50 years.
Sadly not anywhere NEAR enough.
--scott

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