'55 Customline 3-speed on the column shifter position

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Originally Posted by paul2748

This was a back in the day mod so we could use our right arm to hold the girl friend. Never took one apart so I can't help on putting it right.

Interesting.
I would have never guessed that.
I would have guessed that someone from Europe owned the car and couldn't stand shifting with their right hand. LOL
Or, that it was some moonshine running thing (since some other mods point in that direction).

Originally Posted by miker98038

Out of curiosity, is something modified that they flipped that to clear something under the hood? Exhaust manifolds?

I would have taught my girl to shift, if I’d had a girl.

That's a good thought, but the shift linkages and stuff are toward the engine (which I think is how it's supposed to be), and the exhaust is all stock at the manifolds (272 V8).