Orange Shifter Platform

[2002#3]

I rehabbed the 4-speed shifter platform to be used in my M10 Rebuild Project.  It's all clean, well greased, stout, and seems to work well.  I think it's quite spiffy in its orange coat.  It appears to be stock and not to have been painted by a user, rather, sorta professionally painted.  I thought all stock shifter platforms were painter black.  Who made orange shifter platforms...IF such were ever made and painted orange by the mfgr?  

 

 

 

Edited June 1 by 2002#3
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[Son of Marty]

Never seen one that was orange always black, someone spent some love on that never seen part I would go ahead and run that and revel in your uniqueness.

[2002#3]

My thoughts exactly.  I have considered cutting out the top of the tunnel and installing a framed viewing window for passengers' viewing pleasure.  

[TobyB]

Shift happens 0.34s faster with o-range.

 

t

 

[JohnS]

I got this one from the folks at IE.  Zinc coating is all the rage now.  No one will ever see it.   🤣

 

[Mike Self]

12 hours ago, JohnS said:

Zinc coating is all the rage now.  No one will ever see it. 

But you'll know it's there and take secret pride in it.  Like the hand polished rocker arms on my Renault 4CV engine--all done with a file and sandpaper during my spare time in Vietnam (yes, I took the whole cylinder head over there with me to work on).  

 

mike

[John76]

On 6/1/2024 at 1:34 PM, 2002#3 said:

I think it's quite spiffy in its orange coat. 

Orange is the new black.