Re:Stick shift plate

[deloreanernst@xxxx]

In a message dated 1/1/02 6:16:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
dmc4687@xxxx writes:



> I was playing with some tempered fiber board, my table saw, and new router
> to make a shift plate for my 5 speed. I've got a couple of templates done
> (though the slender fingers tend to break off on the TFB). I want to
> eventually get one made of stainless.
> 



One of the Dutch (or German?) DeLoreans at Eurofest last May had a s.s. 
shifter plate with the grooves cut into the plate for the various positions. 
I was very interested to see this since it was something I'd wanted to do. I 
noticed that the fingers, as you say, are very thin, which I don't think is 
terribly good looking. Worse, they are potentially breakable. Worse yet, 
they scrape at the shift lever, which I REALLY didn't like. I gave up that 
idea.

Wayne A. Ernst
DMCTech Group
vin 11174


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