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> and then rapidly wig-wag the shift knob side-to-side along a lateral axis.

I learned this driving my first car which was a similar vintage Karmann Ghia. It still did it out of habit twenty years later driving my stick-shift Jetta. The second YouTube video I found of someone learning to drive a KG was doing it instinctively as well. [1] I guess there's so much play you just learn to wig-wag a little to see if you're in gear or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF77y8IVi8k



I wonder if the linkage could be replaced by a cable?

My 77 Firebird has aftermarket shift and throttle cables.

Of course, my Firebird is an automatic, so who knows. Maybe a two cable system would do?




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