Vellios-JWest shift linkage progress thread, Started fabbing Vellios/JWest shift linkage Options

[914dave]

Now that my six conversions has progressed the point where the rust is out of the chassis and the 3.2 mated to the 915 are mounted in the car. I'm taking this winter to fabricate shift linkage from the Vellios 915 to the JWest shifter. After finishing the rebuild of the 915, I realized that the shift pattern would be reversed in the car. 5th/reverse would be towards the drivers side of the car. I didn't like this idea. So I'm building a riser for the shifter to reverse the direction fo the pattern. I wanted the linkage to be very crisp. I'm using industrial U joints and spherical bearings where I can. This is the first part of the project, the firewall bushing. I'll be using the stock rubber accordian boot in this setup for weather protection. the following pix are fo the bearing and the nylon housing used to mount it to the firewall. the first pic is the original 914 tunnel shift rod machined down to fit in the spherical bearing. The final pic show shows it mounted with 2 screws, I'll drill for the other 2 when I get the motor out of the way.

[914dave]

I'm using the 914 rennshift, I've used it for years with my 901. You can rotate the top 180 degrees for use with the 915. The problem I have is the early type Vellios is a copy of the 916. Which reverses the shift pattern. You can divise a cable system or buy some that are out there. I have a shop available to me and the Rennshift already, so I"m just solving the problem this way. Here's a pic of the shifter console coming out of the 915.

[dudley4]

I'm using the 914 rennshift, I've used it for years with my 901. You can rotate the top 180 degrees for use with the 915. The problem I have is the early type Vellios is a copy of the 916. Which reverses the shift pattern. You can divise a cable system or buy some that are out there. I have a shop available to me and the Rennshift already, so I"m just solving the problem this way. Here's a pic of the shifter console coming out of the 915.

I run the vellios 915 sideshift with the 915 shifter and guts in the tunnel for years, like 15 years. George had a great setup and used a straight rod out of the firewall, not a bend in it. I changed to the rennshift 915 and love it.