Shifty McShift Face - the automatic gear-stick celebration thread (potential for Junkman approval?)

[rantingYoof]

With a lot of brand new Mercs and other higher end stuff now getting 9spd autoboxes, and Jaguar's centre 'dial' 8spd auto gear-selector now 10 years old (!), my hands are permanently sweaty at the very thought of having to purchase one second hand in umpteen years time.

 

Of course, there is an entire discussion that can stem from that statement there which I'm quite certain has NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, and absolutely will NOT happen in this thread. In fact, the purpose of THIS thread is to celebrate historic automatic shifters which have come in many wonderful and spectacular forms such as the one found in the Volvo 240...

 

 

And the 'Boxing Glove' that was the 3spd Lexus Soarer...

 

The Saab 9-5 was still using what looked like a late 1990s early 2000s Vauxhall-derived auto-shift right up until the late 2000s:

 

I'm hunting down an interior photo of my 825 Sterling as I think that had a cracking shifter.

 

SHOW US YER FAVOURITE SHIFTERS! The more oversized the better...

[eddyramrod]

This is how it's done.

On the column, operated with the right hand, and showing a display on the dash.  Oh and.... in a 1973 Cadillac.   Yes, it's Huggy Bear again. 

[danthecapriman]

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This is how it's done.

On the column, operated with the right hand, and showing a display on the dash. Oh and.... in a 1973 Cadillac. Yes, it's Huggy Bear again.

 

This!

 

Here's the green monkeys chrome column shifter for ultimate American lazy bastard effortless waftage.

 

IMG_0017 by Dan Clark, on Flickr

 

And the Volvo 740, very similar to the 240 one above.

 

IMG_0334 by Dan Clark, on Flickr

[flat4alfa]

No this is how it's done

 

My old Wolseley Landcrab

 

 

Issigonis is the word for ergonomicness

[MrBiscuits]

 

One of my faves is the 'T' handle found in 90's BMWs.

Jag 'J' gate is also one of the nicest designs to use...

 

 

[flat4alfa]

Thumb-RSI aplenty with my old Citroen XM

 

[Hendry]

I quite liked the one on the C plate Jag in The 51st State, no idea about old Jags so dont know what one it was but was like a T-piece lever you could actually clench in your fist. 

[flat4alfa]

Jag 'J' gate is also one of the nicest designs to use...

 

And also one of the clanky knocking plastics going too

 

Why they didn't clothe the selector in something fluffy I don't know

 

Used to spoil the ambience for me, clacking about.  I mean, it was after all a Daimler.

 

[Junkman]

Shifters are for amateurs.

 

 

[Cleon-Fonte]

The series Jaguar XJs had the most lovely shift lever ever. They should bin the rotating knobs they use now and re-introduce these.

 

 

[flat4alfa]

I quite liked the one on the C plate Jag in The 51st State, no idea about old Jags so dont know what one it was but was like a T-piece lever you could actually clench in your fist. 

 

 this (1985)

 

  came from this (1969)

[flat4alfa]

The ZF shift was solid in my Alfa 6

 

But the turned wood knob hadn't been turned enough and was rough to the touch

 

[barefoot]

Just looking at the pics, auto boxes seem to have become less auto over time.

ie. more scope to over ride the automaticness in lots of different ways.

[flat4alfa]

This shift in the Trevi was the least of my worries

 

 

Not the car to get off to work sharpish, having a raging hangover

 

The gearbox was a 4-speed AP unit.  

[tooSavvy]

My Mazz626 2.0 Hreg had [so tinnetz say] a Mazda/Ford 4 Speeder (+ lockup).

 

 

 

smooth as....

 

 

TS

[Eddie Honda]

You can shove your twos and ones up your hole.

 

1978 V343:

2013-11-01_12-16-26_311.jpg by E Honda, on Flickr

 

 

1982 V343:

DSCF0908 by E Honda, on Flickr

[tooSavvy]

^^^^ copy of famous 'Italian tank gear lever', Eh?

 

TS

[Asimo]

Another vote for the Landcrab's Borg Warner control wand - my favourite since forever.

 

And also this mk1 Prius transmission handle.

[Roverageous]

Rover 75 chrome effort

 

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[Bren]

 

Series 2 SD1.

[Eddie Honda]

DAF 66 1300 with added "N"

 

IMG_20150818_192651_680 by E Honda, on Flickr

 

DAF 44, forward for forwards, back for reverse.

 

P3130093 by E Honda, on Flickr

[SiC]

The Laguna II automatic shifter that looks like a manual shifter is worthy for a mention here.

 

[Junkman]

One shifter per car. Pathetic.

 

[bunglebus]

The MK2 Escort Ghia was a nice place to sit. Mine had a nuclear red interior though.

 

[Junkman]

Shameless girls and shifters.

 

[robinmasters]

Guaranteed* future shite selector**:

 

 

**  Try saying 'selector' without saying it in the style of a nineties drum and bass MC

[Richard]

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[rantingYoof]

This thread was inspired by the hilarious* 4spd auto in the 2008 1.8 VVTi Astra I'm driving at the moment.

 

The shifter is nowt special and is not worthy of this thread. A particular favourite of mine thus far is the SD1's 'microphone' and Junkman's 'do you think you're lucky, punk?' red-seated dream machine.

[dollywobbler]

One shifter per car. Pathetic.

 

 

That's insane. I need to know more!

[eddyramrod]

The Laguna II automatic shifter that looks like a manual shifter is worthy for a mention here.

 

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Absolutely not, take it away!  When you're driving something special, which any auto is, then you need to be able to show it.