[DeTomaso] Gated Shifter or Not?

[Tom Shinrock]

When I got my Pantera 33 years ago, the gate fingers were significantly worn and the shift lever was nearly sawed halfway thru from rubbing against the fingers.
I bought a new shift gate and shift lever when I had the car restored but I couldn't bring myself to put the new shift gate so as to save the new shift lever from getting scarred up.   I had read that some had said it was easier to shift without fingers so I decided to saw off the fingers from the original gate.   I told myself that I could install the new shift gate whenever I wanted to show the car but I never did.
I found it very easy to shift through all the gears without the fingers especially when shifting fast when I took the car on the track.  
Tom5186 


-----Original Message-----
From: Corey Price <coreyjprice at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sun, Jan 26, 2020 4:32 pm
Subject: [DeTomaso] Gated Shifter or Not?

I'm sure there are tons of opinions on whether to retain the gated shifter or to go "fingerless" but what do the experts say? In other words, what do the prominent ZF rebuilders say about it?

Corey
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   When I got my Pantera 33 years ago, the gate fingers were significantly
   worn and the shift lever was nearly sawed halfway thru from rubbing
   against the fingers.
   I bought a new shift gate and shift lever when I had the car restored
   but I couldn't bring myself to put the new shift gate so as to save the
   new shift lever from getting scarred up.   I had read that some had
   said it was easier to shift without fingers so I decided to saw off the
   fingers from the original gate.   I told myself that I could install
   the new shift gate whenever I wanted to show the car but I never did.
   I found it very easy to shift through all the gears without the fingers
   especially when shifting fast when I took the car on the track.
   Tom
   5186
   -----Original Message-----
   From: Corey Price <coreyjprice at gmail.com>
   To: Detomaso List <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Sun, Jan 26, 2020 4:32 pm
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Gated Shifter or Not?
   I'm sure there are tons of opinions on whether to retain the gated
   shifter or to go "fingerless" but what do the experts say? In other
   words, what do the prominent ZF rebuilders say about it?
   Corey
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