I would be interested in finding out where to find the same part. The knob on
my '78 Spit with O/D has reverse located to the right of fourth and down. What
I need is to the right of third and up.
Rod Randle
'78 Spit
Kevin B. Rhodes wrote:
> Hi gang! Poking around my little mongrel Spit getting her ready for a
> summer on the road and remembered a bit that I need - the plastic top part
> of the shift knob with the correct shift pattern on it. I ordered one from
> Vicky Brit last summer to replace the broken one she came with and it had
> the wrong pattern engraved on the top. Mine has reverse to the right of
> third and up, the one it came with and the new one both have reverse to the
> left of the 1-2 plane. Does this mean I have an early or a late O/D?
> Supposedly the O/D is original to the 77 chassis - it does have an OU on
> the end of the commission number. And where can I get the correct part -
> the big three all list the same one I have. Or perhaps something is
> assembled wrong in my linkage? I have never seen another Spit with O/D so I
> don't know if it is right. Shifts perfectly though! O/D is a godsend on the
> highway.
>
> Thanks
> Kevin Rhodes
> 69-80 (depending on what part you are looking at) Spitfire
> 89 Volvo 745T (Soon to be sold)
> 85 Peugeot 505S Turbodiesel (new member of family)
> 84 VW Jetta GLI (no brake lights at the moment - Lucas??)
> I seem to have WWII in the backyard at the moment!
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