Word: gearshifts
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American Motors. The once boxy Ambassador and Classic now have sleek, sculptured roof lines and rounded-off rear fenders and trunk. Except for minor trim, the low-priced American is outwardly unchanged, but it offers an optional "E-stick" gearshift that enables the driver to change gears without a clutch and costs only one-third as much as an automatic transmission...
...Santiago garage and watched a 1930 Essex roll up. "There are no more made," he said, "but it's always possible to do a little something for the survivors." One handy Santiago cabbie took an iron bar and a three-cornered file and proceeded to whittle a gearshift for his 1935 Hudson; that was a year ago, and the shift still works perfectly...
...this one that we didn't look where we were going, and Amy fell down." A man kept going to the parking lots, sitting in unlocked cars. Eventually, he broke a silence of years to explain: he could not imagine how a car would work without a gearshift lever on the floor...
When the overdressed Pontiac convertible pulled up to the studio gate one morning last week, the guard waved it in without a moment's hesitation. Philippine water-buffalo horns, 30 inches wide, arced away from the radiator; door handles, gearshift and fender ornaments were all pearl-handled Colt six-shooters, and silver-plated rifles were mounted on the trunk lid. Chromed horse heads studded the I dashboard, and the bucket seats were up holstered in the soft white leather of unborn calf. The chunky, grey-thatched driver was dressed to match. Inside the lot, he braked to a stop...
Shot Rod. In Gary, Ind., when police discovered Guy Thomas' car sitting in the middle of a street with a dead battery, cardboard license plates, no brakes and no gearshift, Thomas explained that he was "just waiting for a push...