strangeangel Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 a dual range gearbox but no 4wd? I have a bike with 1WD and a dual range gearbox! cros and willswitchengage 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 NSU Ro80 had a standard gear lever and an 'H' pattern gate but no clutch pedal. The clutch was actuated by an electric switch in the gear knob which in turn actuated a vacuum system to disengage the clutch. warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colnerov Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Did cars with pre-selector gear shifts (Lanchesters for one) have a built in Mystic Meg to let you know whether you were going to need to change up or down next? Hi, As anonymous user says it requires skill on the drivers part which is why they were used on vehicles driven by professional drivers like Daimlers, Lagondas, Armstrong Siddeleys and even London buses. With the state of some of the modern drivers skills it's all they can do to keep them between the curbs, without having to think about the next gear. Colin DSdriver, Chris2cv, RayMK and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Do the various push button selectors for auto boxes count?Or Imperial's infamous "Auto Pilot"?How about non circular steering wheels?Buick's "Ghost Start'?Old Citroen dashes and controls?Old Mercedes hand (actually foot) brake releases?Cadillac's hand (actually foot) brake release by shifting it into gear?Everything inside a Renault 16?The terrible shit many manufacturers came up with to operate a fucking heater, for God's sake?A bloody button, of all things rotten, instead of a hand brake? warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 You know, sitting here I can't remember which column stalk does the indicators, but both my cars are the same layout and it feels entirely natural. So much so, that when I drove a Holden Monaro GTO recently, it ended up with a spotless windscreen but nobody on the road had the first idea about my manoeuvring intentions. Mr A Lawrence, chaseracer and Stanky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Mitsubishi Colt had a dual range gearbox, only one I've seen outside a 4x4 or lorry Dirk Diggler and cros 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Shirley since the model T was all conquering and made up the majority of cars on the planet, the others must have been the odd ones? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 The big rocker switch type indicators on early bx's are a bit weird . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 The Renault 10 with the push-button automatic transmission. There's still a fucked control panel for one of those hanging on the back wall of my Mum's garage. Junkman and alcyonecorporation 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 I have a bike with 1WD and a dual range gearbox! Suzuki? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Suzuki? Honda CT90. One day it'll get finished... (^^^ not that one, obv) cros, wuvvum and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Dad's three wheeler has got 3 levers on the steering wheel, throttle, air, and erm...summat else. Gears inside the car handbrake outside. And a little dooby that you adjust the drips of oil through. Mind boggling. Though I am sure none of this was strange in 1928. Ignition advance I expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Do the various push button selectors for auto boxes count? Only if it's a big chrome bastard. I've never tried any of the half-arsed UK attempts at easing the chore of changing gear on small engined cars in the 50's, but I'm assured by those who have that Manumatics, Standrive and Easidrives were awful shit. These came about because there was a shortage of big chromium knobs after WW2, so they had to hide a puny little micro-knob under the gear lever. Rover managed another limp semi with their 105R Roverdrive. This struggled along with a torque converter hooked up to an overdrive, servo clutch, a manual low gear for emergencies, and anything else they could chuck in to avoid using a proper automatic gearbox. Needless to say it was a thirsty disaster. Asimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Citroen satellite pods anyone? Junkman, Talbot and DSdriver 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 1978 - 83 Colt Mirage. Maybe some of the saloons too (Lancer, Sapporo?).I had an '82 Colt Mirage with the spare gearstick. I felt like Van Diesel when accelerating through the gears, and that was before he was even a thing. To be fair, my other driver was my '68 Moggie thou, so anything modern and OHC was going to feel pretty lively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Alfasud stalk operated fan control? Talbot, cros, robinmasters and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 BMC didn't quite know what to do with the gearchange on these ungainly brutes, so after starting out with column change they put the lever on the floor but with 1st and 2nd transposed with the 3rd and 4th positions. Eventually they accepted defeat and went to the conventional pattern, but stuck with a horrible vague and notchy change until the Sherpa came along. I always wondered if this was to make absolutely sure there was no possibility of any enjoyment to be had from driving their small commercials. Even a low speed frontal impact was designed to be very unpleasant. strangeangel, Lacquer Peel, alcyonecorporation and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 1966-morris-j2--152-commercial-van.jpgBMC didn't quite know what to do with the gearchange on these ungainly brutes, so after starting out with column change they put the lever on the floor but with 1st and 2nd transposed with the 3rd and 4th positions. Eventually they accepted defeat and went to the conventional pattern, but stuck with a horrible vague and notchy change until the Sherpa came along. I can assure you the Sherpa still had a horrible and notchy change as well. AMC Rebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Citroen satellite pods anyone?Yes please forddeliveryboy and warren t claim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Is it just me who prefers indicators that don't self cancel? I'm perfectly capable of moving a finger myself thank you. AMC Rebel, DSdriver, Bianconeri and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Yeh, indicators that do cancel always do it at totally the wrong time so you end up holding them in position anyway. warren t claim, forddeliveryboy and Dick Longbridge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alusilber Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Citroen satellite pods anyone?And of course the button pod things in lieu of stalks on the SEAT Malaga and first-generation Ibiza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 I can assure you the Sherpa still had a horrible and notchy change as well. No assurance needed. The first Sherpa 4 speeder seemed fine to me and a vast improvement on the infamous cable operated thing in my previous JU250. The LT77 was a retrograde step (apart from its extra ratio) and after a few years it's exposed mechanism tacked to the rear could make finding any gear difficult. I believe in 4 speed form it even pre-dated the first Sherpa's Austin 3 litre derived gearbox. BL magic. I've not owned a Sherpa with the R380 box but will get over it. scruff, warren t claim and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the van Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Yep,If memory serves my 1983 Alfasud had the heater fan operated by the l/h column stalk(pulling it down),turning it did the lights.(sometimes).May just have been my car tho',it also had a front door bell push as the starter button. edit,just saw warren t claims post.Aaah those crazy Italians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 The big rocker switch type indicators on early bx's are a bit weird . But easy and very logical to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Citroen satellite pods anyone? See above... Junkman, Lacquer Peel, DSdriver and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 No assurance needed. The first Sherpa 4 speeder seemed fine to me and a vast improvement on the infamous cable operated thing in my previous JU250. The LT77 was a retrograde step (apart from its extra ratio) and after a few years it's exposed mechanism tacked to the rear could make finding any gear difficult. I believe in 4 speed form it even pre-dated the first Sherpa's Austin 3 litre derived gearbox. BL magic.I've not owned a Sherpa with the R380 box but will get over it. Apart from reverse being in a different place the R380 feels pretty much the same as the LT77. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Although I'm unable to identify anything strange with the controls of an LT77. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 They upped the ante on the already bonkers enough R16 controls with the TX wiper switch: cros and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I've driven a few cars with the Getrag, (spelling), dog leg box, not the most unusual thing ever but they needed care at junctions sometimes! chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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