<VV> Early Chevies-Now Roadmaster - very little CORVAIR

[Ron]

and that early shift pattern is a lot more useful than what they now use.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LonzoVair at aol.com>
To: <Sethracer at aol.com>; <chsadek at adelphia.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Early Chevies-Now Roadmaster - very little CORVAIR


>
> In a message dated 9/20/2006 5:40:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> Sethracer at aol.com writes:
>
> It had  the original strange column shift  pattern
> PNDLR.
>
>
> Seth,
> Back when I had my 1950 Buick Roadmaster it also had that shift quadrant,
> with Reverse being next to Low... (but it was a first generation Dynaflow,
> a.k.a. Dyna-SLOW)... I remember reading the owner's manual where it gave
> instructions on how to get "un-stuck" if you drove off the road and 
> started  spinning
> your wheels... it said to gently attempt to rock the car by switching 
> from L
> to R to L to R and once you start moving do NOT gun the engine but apply 
> a
> light brake if you start spinning again...
> I think the shift quadrant change was one of Ralphie's points in his book,
> wasn't it? Not that he had anything to do with the change, but I think he 
> did
> complain about it... after the fact...
> Anyway, I just thought I'd share...
> I had to replace the dimmer switch in my 69 today... I was driving it 
> Sunday
> evening and was going to flash my high beams at a guy with 6 lights on 
> his
> truck and ALL the lights went out.... talk about a kick in the pants! 
> Anyway,
> all is well now... I stomped on it a few times with my size 16 and it 
> started
> working again, but now there's a new one in there.
> Later,
> Lonzo
>
> Lon Anderson  in White Mills, KY
> CORSA, Corvanatics, Derby City Corvair, Central Ky  Corvair
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> 1961 Greenbrier 110/pg
> 1963  Greenbrier 110/4spd
> 1964 700 sedan 95/pg
> 1969 Monza  110/pg
>
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