Sorry, just saw your reply that I guess you edited. I didn't know there was a helpful response until now. Thanks for fixing the dumb mistake with the links.

Actually, there is no linkage in these pictures. Maybe that's why you thought I was talking about internal linkage - because you don't see it in the pictures. I don't want to buy it yet because I need to determine if I need to buy and modify the stock linkage to be extremely short or if I can get it custom made to connect right on top of where it attaches to the tranny.

I have a feeling I'm going to go with the modification method. I just talked to a guy at Pikes Peak Motor Company here in Colorado Springs and he said for his Detomaso Pantera project he essentially modified a shift lever to fit right in the horizontal connector at the end of the tranny, virtually eliminating all linkage. Of course he had linkage, but it basically consisted of the extremely short shift arm that holds the nylon cup that holds the shift lever and the supporting hardware that keeps the hole contraption from moving around. That's basically what the stock external shift linkage does, except it sits back past the rear of the tranny about 8 to 10 inches.

Originally posted by DennyW


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...r/100_0078.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...r/100_0081.jpg

In picture 2, if that's what you are calling external linkage, that's not what we meant. That looks like internal to me. Just to the right of your E brake ?