[DeTomaso] Custom Pantera Cable Shift Kit?

[Steve Hawkins]

Yes but, my Pantera is different from every other standard I've driven and
have now.  So I have to pay attention when I switch from my American car
with a manual to my Pantera.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 6:08 PM
To: JDeRyke at aol.com; kenn_green at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Custom Pantera Cable  Shift Kit?



In a message dated 12/2/11 10 49 3, JDeRyke at aol.com writes:


> There's one of this type in
> a Pantera that I know of- Ron Wade's megabuck GT5-S in WA state and a 
> few in West Coast GT-40 kits.
> 

...and Lloyd has one in his own Pantera too, along with his six-speed 
gearbox.

I love Lloyd like a brother, but I think it's incredibly dumb and 
dangerous, because the shift linkage is set up BACKWARDS.   First gear is
where it 
normally is in a Pantera, but then second is where reverse is, third is
where 
third normally is, fourth is where second normally is, and so forth.   So 
everything you ever knew about how to shift a car goes right out the window;

instead of pulling straight back to upshift, pulling straight back now 
downshifts.   That's a sure recipe for destroying a gearbox and/or crashing
your 
car in the heat of the moment, I think....

I don't know fur sure why it is set up that way--I'm guessing it's so that 
it works properly when the gearbox is inverted, i.e. in GT40/Mangusta 
orientation?

Mike
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