14-02-2020, 03:03 PM
I have written about it before somewhere, but indulging in nostalgia and at the risk of repetition, I put it that the late Holly Birkett's 4-speed remote change was hard to beat for lightness, simplicity, etc.
From a cut-down standard lever, with flats filed and a hole drilled at right-angles to the transmission line, a clevis attached a tube of 5/8" diameter or thereabouts which ran rearward and into a hole drilled in the wooden bulkhead behind the seats. About 3 inches protruded to the rear of the bulkhead, a late improvement incorporated a grommet into the bulkhead.
An upstanding lever was clamped to this tube, in such a position that fitted neatly to the driver's left hand. Operation was as normal, with lift for reverse.
From a cut-down standard lever, with flats filed and a hole drilled at right-angles to the transmission line, a clevis attached a tube of 5/8" diameter or thereabouts which ran rearward and into a hole drilled in the wooden bulkhead behind the seats. About 3 inches protruded to the rear of the bulkhead, a late improvement incorporated a grommet into the bulkhead.
An upstanding lever was clamped to this tube, in such a position that fitted neatly to the driver's left hand. Operation was as normal, with lift for reverse.