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Re: [T3] Hurst Shifter


On 20 Mar 2003 at 11:18, Dave Hall wrote:

> Good idea for me to try it, but I am unlikely to change as I'm now very used to
> how the original shifter moves; the only one that beats it in my experience is
> the '59 Beetle that has a more precise movement.  Maybe the Hurst shifter is
> closer to that, with the addition of the detent feel.  I think the 64 1500S
> Variant we had seemed more sloppy - anyone care to comment?

I always assumed that VW used the same shifters in both type 1 & 3 in the same 
years and that the only change was in 70 or 71 when they went to a shorter 
throw (less mechanical advantage.) Was the 59 beetle really different from the 
61-69 type 3? Perhaps your 64 type 3 just had a missing shift bushing....

> To think the guy who hit my Variant in the rear at a roundabout in Belgium
> actually suggested I reversed into him!   Seems they are going to pay up the
> modest straightening cost finally though.

Glad they are coming thru. I guess it's a pretty universal human response to 
posit that the fault must lie with the "other" guy. I know I see it in myself, 
but only in retrospect, when I've had a chance to calm down. Must be the fault 
of the adrenalin. (Woops, there I go again: just blamed it on the adrenalin.)

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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