Ken, I am driving right now and can't look at the picture of the link you sent. But as you know, I recently parted out a 1982 Diesel Vanagon, and I have every single piece from front to back. I'm sure I have what you want. Let me get home and I'll take care of getting you the details. 

Jim

> On Aug 3, 2015, at 2:49 PM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> Hi guys, me again looking for another obscure Vanagon part.  This time I
> need a good used or new shift lever for the side of the transmission on an
> early Vanagon (80-83).  I had been getting new ones from Germany but all of
> the sudden they dried up and now I need to at least get a good used one
> that I can use as a prototype for making new ones myself.  If anyone can
> help out with this please let me know as soon as you can.  The part number
> is 251711219 and you can see a picture of it here on my site:
> 
> http://www.vanagain.com/shop/shift-lever-transmission/
> --
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com