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My doctor's office manager learned to drive on a manual transmission and shares the lack of understanding with today's automation. In fact, her son, now sixteen, drives a manual transmission and the whole family repairs cars; unheard of these days.
I told her about the "his and her/dual gate" shifters.
Would a member have the Oldsmobile promotional advertising materials for the "his and her/dual gate" shifter? I'm sure she it would blow her mind, especially any references to the "his and her" being gender specific.
FYI: She drives her manual transmission jeep to the doctors office with the convertible top down weather permitting.
Thank you!!
Last edited by twilightblue28A; June 21st, 2021 at 03:31 PM.
Thanks for the additional information. I sent the information to my doctor's office manager who laughed. She learned to drive on a manual transmission as did her sixteen year old son and husband. She drives her manual transmission Jeep to work, beach, everywhere. She responded to the "wife pleaser" in disbelief....... ."like we can't drive a stick.........?" Their whole family works on cars and races motorcycles.
Yes, it is. My doctor's office manager loved the key and the control that it gave guys over fragile "girls" who couldn't and still can't drive manual transmission cars. 😆
I've had this old unit hanging around for over 30 years patiently
waiting for me to install it in my Cutlass. This is the FIRST TIME I've ever seen a version with a key! Very cool. Kinda like a transmission chastity belt.
This is the FIRST TIME I've ever seen a version with a key! Very cool.
That's the first version Hurst offered, for SlimJim equipped Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs. There were also instructions provided to make the SlimJim into a near-performance transmission- shame the factory didn't follow suit. These seemed to be more popular in Pontiacs.
Hurst followed with versions for Torqueflites in floor shift equipped Mopars. Ford Cruise-O-Matics had an odd shift pattern thru 1966 that didn't lend itself to a ratchet shifter like Dual/Gate.
Then Pontiac broke the gate down by offering it factory installed in TurboHydraMatic equipped 1967 GTOs. By 1970 Pontiac had engineered its own ratchet shifter that, unless you knew what to look for, you wouldn't know the car had it.
That's the first version Hurst offered, for SlimJim equipped Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs. There were also instructions provided to make the SlimJim into a near-performance transmission- shame the factory didn't follow suit. These seemed to be more popular in Pontiacs.
Hurst followed with versions for Torqueflites in floor shift equipped Mopars. Ford Cruise-O-Matics had an odd shift pattern thru 1966 that didn't lend itself to a ratchet shifter like Dual/Gate.
Then Pontiac broke the gate down by offering it factory installed in TurboHydraMatic equipped 1967 GTOs. By 1970 Pontiac had engineered its own ratchet shifter that, unless you knew what to look for, you wouldn't know the car had it.
I had a 1970 Grand Prix that had the ratchet shifter. It had 3-2-1 cast into the right side of the shifter trim bezel. Had 73, 75 and 76 TransAMs that had the shifter in the video.
The lady I bought the GP from bought it new, drove it 5 years and never knew the car had it. Her son did though! and he's a lifelong friend.
June 21st, 2021, 03:26 PM
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