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Subject:Re: vanagon Digest - 12 Dec 2002 to 13 Dec 2002 - Special issue (#2002-1433)
From:Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
Date:Fri, 13 Dec 2002 22:02:23 -0500

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:06:59 -0500, Automatic digest processor wrote:
Ici au Qu�bec les Renault 4 (berlines et cabriolet) et certaines
Renault 5 (Renault LeCar) ont �t� vendues avec le bras de vitesse
sortant du tableau de bord. Je crois que c'�tait une transmission 4
vitesses non-synchronis�es.

Here in Qu�bec, the model 4 and some 5 (LeCar) of Renault were sold
with shifter coming from the dash. I think the transmission was a four
speed non-synchronized.
>Date:    Thu, 12 Dec 2002 21:10:03 -0800
>From:    Joel Cort <joel_cort@YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: T5 Gearshift... was: more T5 photos.. (rien sur les Vanagon dan ce
>         message)
>
>Ric et tous les autres...
>Excellent memory on the 2 cheveaux.  The Citro�n DS19/21 and Traction Avant also had the same shifter.
>Some of the Peugeot Vans and Reneault Trucks with front wheel drive also have the stick shift out of the dash.
>Hey it beats the push button Ramblers....
>Joel...the other.. the "Frog"  ( I grew up in a 2CV in France.... My dad use to race them ;-)
>
> Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU> wrote:Unka Joel,
>
>
>Honda's and Subaru? Zut Alors! Mais non mon ami! The Citroen 2CV had the
>shift coming out of the dash!
>
>Ric
>
>
>
>At 12:49 PM 12/8/2002 -0600, Joel Walker wrote:
>> > http://galleries.wheels24.co.za/cars/VW/T5/
>> > Don't know if this will become a U.S. van or if it's
>>a european version only.
>>
>>anybody notice the picture of the dash ... the gear
>>shift comes out of the dash, not the floor! kinda like
>>some of the new hondas and subarus.
>>
>>what is this world coming to!?!??
>>
>>;)

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