I sympathize. My wife's 5'3", I'm 6'10" and 325 lbs. I need lots of head,
leg, shoulder and hip room. (Boy do I hate airplanes). I left my shifter
alone and bought the wife a car.

Bad part of that is, with the van currently down I find myself having to
squeeze into her Isuzu Stylus. No easy feat.

John Flaherty
Portland, ME
84'GL (Currently w/o Oil Pressure)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Mundy" <cwmundy@OPTUSNET.COM.AU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 5:35 AM
Subject: Re: Short Shifter Extension for big guys

> Joel/John,
>
> Thanks for your comments. The great thing about vanagon.com is that you
can
> ask several people before you buy! (its nearly as good as try before you
> buy) So how does it 6.7 guy fit into a Vanagon? Its easy, VW must have
> designed them for big German Guys. No kid, One reason I like VW's is that
I
> can fit into them. My first VW (72 Type 3 Fastback) had a lug you pushed
> down on the seat rail that allowed the front seat to extend to the back
> seat. My Passat also had a good seating position along with my T2 Bay
Kombi.
> So what can I say.
>
> Thanks for your comments, Catch you again.
>
>
> Chris
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Christopher W. Mundy
> 89 VW Caravelle GL
> Canberra Australia
> Ph: 61 2 62419343 AEST
> Wk: 61 2 62446749 AEST
> E-Mail: cwmundy@optusnet.com.au
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Walker [mailto:jwalker17@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Sunday, 9 September 2001 5:48 AM
> To: Chris Mundy
> Subject: Re: Short Shifter Extension for big guys
>
>
> > I'm looking into purchasing a Gene Berg short shifter with an
> extension. I
> > am familiar with having one on a 74 Type 3 Fastback. My challenge is
> this,
> > My wife is 5'4' and I'm 6'7", she will get the best advantage of
> having the
> > extension, however, will it affect my driving position, eg will the
> gear
> > stick be digging into my legs?
> > If I install the extension is it reversible, eg If I don't like
> having the
> > extension can I remove it later?
>
> it won't stick into your legs unless you can get your right leg leaned
> over a lot. yeah, the extension can come off. you could even shorten
> it if you have a tap/die set and can match the threads (saw off a bit,
> then re-thread it on that end).
>
> how the heck does 6'7" fit into a vanagon!!!!????  did you lower the
> front seats? :)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Wimberley [mailto:tjwimberley@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Sunday, 9 September 2001 2:45 AM
> To: Chris Mundy
> Subject: RE: Short Shifter Extension for big guys
>
>
> Howdy,
> I installed the Gene Berg short shifter on my "87 Syncro. I don't think
> either of you will have a problem with it in any way. The gear lever will
be
> less likely to contact your leg because it doesn't move quite as far when
> you put it into gear. It's a great accessory particularly when you need a
> fast downshift going uphill. Good luck!
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Wimberley [mailto:tjwimberley@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Sunday, 9 September 2001 2:46 AM
> To: Chris Mundy
> Subject: RE: Short Shifter Extension for big guys
>
>
> And yes, it appears to be easily reversible.
>