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Old 04-08-2015, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by LMH View Post
A lot of Shelby's work on the cars was quick and sloppy, with a "get the engines in and sell them" execution. SA was interested in racing, not selling street cars. The tailshaft housing used on the Cobra 427 was drilled/tapped in the rear most shifter position as supplied from Ford. It was easiest to just turn the handle around and leave the shifter attached to the housing.
Larry
Larry - I hadn't thought about the necessity of drilling and tapping blanked bosses on finished gearboxes to move the shifter to the 'correct' location. That's probably the logic I was missing.

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