Cheap Resourceful driver puts the stick in his stick-shift
Fresh from the car-web circuit is this picture taken of a decidedly low-tech and low-profile retrofit for an apparently missing or broken gear-shift leaver.
Without knowing exactly what kind of car this was, we'd speculate from the picture that it's a 90's-era pick-up truck, either American or Japanese. Either way, it sounds so much better the way our Spanish colleagues at Motorpasion called it: "Palanca de cambio modelo rustico".
[Source: TechEBlog via Carscoop]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
whofan 9:42PM (7/24/2007)
Can`t be Japanese they don`t break. yea right.
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Stuart 2:09AM (7/25/2007)
And you people call yourselves car enthusiasts. I would be willing to gamble my life on this being a Euro FORD Transit van (2nd generation) made between 94-2000
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/R-1998-FORD-TRANSIT-CUSTOM-DIESEL-SUPERB-CONDITION_W0QQitemZ190134264035QQihZ009QQcategoryZ108851QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
1337 10:23AM (7/25/2007)
@stuart, that'd definitely explain why none of us americans recognize it. it almost looks like an F-series, but not quite.
Tony 10:05PM (7/24/2007)
I'd guesstimate Ford or Dodgeform the shape part of the dash and glove box area.
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Tony 10:12PM (7/24/2007)
I'd guesstimate Ford or Dodge from the parts of the center dash and shape of the glove box area.
Sorry about the Re-Post I meant to say "from". :0
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AlexP 10:27PM (7/24/2007)
Umph, I can't find anything post 1995 with an interior like that. :\
Last time I sat in a truck with a manual like that was quite a while ago, the only thing that came close was a bus. :\
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Don 10:54PM (7/24/2007)
Looks like a West Virginian special to me.
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paul34 11:00PM (7/24/2007)
Last time I was in a pickup with a manual, it was a S-10... but it obviously didn't look like that inside.
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Barney 11:27PM (7/24/2007)
The ebrake is between the seat and the fenderwell comes under foot. That would narrow it down to a car. It has an airbag by the look of the panel over the glove, so would not be older then 90(?)
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ibcr8iv 12:04AM (7/25/2007)
It's not a truck- it's a van. And by the looks of the speaker grille barely visible in the picture (with the perforated holes) it''s probably a Dodge- Fords use either a slotted grille, or a 'metal-looking' plastic grille. Yeah I know it's a random observation.
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Marlow 12:45AM (7/25/2007)
eh ive seen better shift knobs
like this -
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m165/jmarlow1_2006/l_8b75a068bae75d160150f86dd952f425.jpg
Logik 1:09AM (7/25/2007)
@Marlor
LOL!
Bryan 12:02AM (7/25/2007)
I think it might be a Dodge. I seem to remember that cupholder in the middle of the dash to resemble one in my friend 94 ram when we were in HS.
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... 1:00AM (7/25/2007)
I'm going to say its a dodge truck. The raised console position definitely makes it a truck. The glove compartment plastics are somehow reminiscent in shape in color. However, the dodge trucks i have been in have had rectangular gear boots. hmmm...........
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Paul 4:55AM (7/25/2007)
It is a European Ford Transit made between 1994-2000. Nice curves on the dash vs cubistic impressions made by the woodstick. This is art :)!
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GETEO 3:50AM (7/25/2007)
It´s a Ford Transit Van. Model 1986.
Please check the door handles and the instrument panel switches.
Regards, GTO.
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AlexP 4:04AM (7/25/2007)
I'm sorry, but it's not.
First of all, the interior doesn't match the one of any 80's car, either late or early.
http://www.mikkelinautokalusto.com/images/auto/HPIM7431_380.jpg
(to further back it up, the actual interior of an 86 Transit)
(+ 83 E-350 http://www.alpinemotorswyoming.com/upload/1983-Ford-E350-int.JPG)
It screams mid/late 90's to me, it seems to be sharing elements I've seen in a few GM vehicles before, perhaps it could be an Astro or something?
It has to be a van (family hauler/commercial) or a truck with an available manual transmission.
GETEO 4:42AM (7/25/2007)
Hello AlexP.
I can tell you this is a Ford Transit Van produced in Europe. When I refer to the Model 1986 is for the MKII version, but not the manufacturing year, as this model is some years younger.
The door handle is COP from the European Ford Escort/Orion launched in 1986 and the IP switches come from the Ford Fiesta MKIII generation launched in 1989.
Do not be focused on finding an American Van or truck, this one comes from Ford of Europe.
Regards, GTO.
GETEO 4:59AM (7/25/2007)
Hello again AlexP,
Please find attached some photos.
http://vehiculosindustriales.coches.net/Anuncio.aspx?Vehiculo=18606619&modelo=FORD+FT+280+S+KOMBI+75cv+4p.&IdSeccion=2930.
Best regards, GTO.
GETEO 4:42AM (7/25/2007)
It´s a Ford Transit, model 1986.
Please check the door handles and the instrument panel switches.
Regards, GTO.
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