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Old August 22nd, 2013 | 01:17 PM
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decisions, decisions

Had to post this picture off a craigslist ad!

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Old August 22nd, 2013 | 01:26 PM
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Because?
Old August 22nd, 2013 | 01:27 PM
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Dual shifter option....love it
Old August 22nd, 2013 | 01:45 PM
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Dual shifter option....love it
exactamundo!
Old August 22nd, 2013 | 01:53 PM
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Interesting!

I'd never seen such. Is this the so-called "his and hers" I've heard about?
Old August 22nd, 2013 | 02:05 PM
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Love it!
Old August 22nd, 2013 | 02:16 PM
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When I installed my floor shifter I removed the stalk on the column.... he didn't...
Old August 22nd, 2013 | 03:06 PM
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Let's see. If the floor shift was a dual gate, he would have three ways to shift. Cool. He should have taken the lever off the column.
Old August 22nd, 2013 | 03:46 PM
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I missed that! Perhaps his wife cannot drive a floor shift.
Old August 22nd, 2013 | 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by oldcutlass
I missed that! Perhaps his wife cannot drive a floor shift.
All the more reason to remove the column shift.
Old August 22nd, 2013 | 04:45 PM
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That's funny
I have always wanted to have a mix.n.match 68-69 with either both ign switch in column and dash... or neither.
Old August 22nd, 2013 | 06:17 PM
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wow, catastrophic failure.
Old August 22nd, 2013 | 07:16 PM
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took me a minute....
Old August 22nd, 2013 | 07:56 PM
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Old August 22nd, 2013 | 10:28 PM
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Geez people, lighten up and give the guy a break. It's like feeding on your own, he is an Oldsmobile owner just like most people here and a shifter lever on the column sure isn't any major catastrophe to get all bent out of shape over or a reason for name calling.

Maybe he didn't get around to installing the back drive linkage so he has to use the shifter to unlock the column and for the neutral safety switch to work, or that console is just sitting there? You cant figure out much without the ad link posted with the pic like it should be, he could explain it in the ad for all anybody knows.

And if you people who are so quick to judge have never done a boneheaded thing to a car or when working on a car in your life you're lying.

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"
Old August 22nd, 2013 | 11:03 PM
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No dualgate that is a standard floor shifter.

I can't really tell but that column shift stalk looks larger than normal, course I'm thinking of 70 and the wood grain and door grabs makes me think that's a 72 so make the stalk was larger but it could have the rare windshield wiper delay which was built into the column shifter stalk. But of course then the floor shifter would not come in the car but that could explain why its there. or they just didn't take it off.
Old August 23rd, 2013 | 06:44 AM
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Good anti theft device! Crooks cannot figure out how to get it in gear?
Old August 23rd, 2013 | 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluevista
Geez people, lighten up and give the guy a break. It's like feeding on your own, he is an Oldsmobile owner just like most people here and a shifter lever on the column sure isn't any major catastrophe to get all bent out of shape over or a reason for name calling.

Maybe he didn't get around to installing the back drive linkage so he has to use the shifter to unlock the column and for the neutral safety switch to work, or that console is just sitting there? You cant figure out much without the ad link posted with the pic like it should be, he could explain it in the ad for all anybody knows.

And if you people who are so quick to judge have never done a boneheaded thing to a car or when working on a car in your life you're lying.

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"
Here is your link!
http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/4017431570.html
Old August 23rd, 2013 | 07:48 AM
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Wow. That's a lot of work for someone to do and not replace the column shift collar, or at least remove the lever.

Such a glaring oversight calls everything else into question.

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Old August 23rd, 2013 | 07:49 AM
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Maybe it's a rare faux console option. Or maybe he just needed more glovebox storage space.
Old August 23rd, 2013 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by MDchanic
Wow. That's a lot of work for someone to do and not replace the column shift collar, or at least remove the lever.

Such a glaring oversight calls everything else into question.

- Eric
What, dose it take about 2 minutes to knock out the pin and remove the arm?

It's a nice looking car at a decent price but your right, it does bring everything else into question.

Looks like he did wood grain on the lower A/C duct valance. Interesting approach.
Old August 23rd, 2013 | 08:18 AM
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that's not too far from me. I think the lower valance is just brighter light, it looks like woodgrain but I think its the sun reflecting off it. Decent looking car.
Old August 23rd, 2013 | 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by stevengerard
that's not too far from me. I think the lower valance is just brighter light, it looks like woodgrain but I think its the sun reflecting off it. Decent looking car.
I see what your saying about the valance. Hard to tell. I like the subwoofer too.
Old August 23rd, 2013 | 08:54 AM
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I like the subwoofer too.
Acoustically, I don't see how it could work well.

The package shelf is not thick enough nor massive enough to provide sufficient stability or a sufficient barrier, and, similarly, there is not enough acoustic separation between the trunk compartment and the passenger compartment for proper isolation of the back side of the woofer in an "infinite baffle" installation.

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Old August 23rd, 2013 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by MDchanic
Acoustically, I don't see how it could work well.

The package shelf is not thick enough nor massive enough to provide sufficient stability or a sufficient barrier, and, similarly, there is not enough acoustic separation between the trunk compartment and the passenger compartment for proper isolation of the back side of the woofer in an "infinite baffle" installation.

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I agree with you that the package tray is not thick enough, it's wafer thin at best and would probably rattle like crazy. It's hard to tell, but maybe it's mounted to a reinforced board like the amps. Maybe he's using it as a non-directional bass sound, kind of like a surround sound system. Mono so you feel the thump. Just a guess.
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