57TOMMY
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06-19-12 08:12 PM - Post#2239304
In response to busyguy8
Nice Ken, Is that with your seat in the normal driving position?
Stand up for what is right ,even if you stand alone.
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 2Loose
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06-19-12 08:25 PM - Post#2239310
In response to awsum55
That statement would make people that don't know your history believe you don't know how to drive a stick.
Yah, I hear ya....
You wouldn't believe the number of times I took my foot off the brake and hit the gas and let the clutch out on a steep uphill stoplight (there's a couple of those here on "upcountry maui") and left in a cloud of smoke!!! The cops around here take a real dim view of that.... 
But that is just so easy to do in this car, ahem!! So for a bit I just started sitting there slipping the clutch to hold it, until I started smelling clutch smoke, ok, that ain't gonna work....
Next it was pull the parking brake, which is a rod style brake lever mounted on the side of the driver's seat next to the door, it works fine, except that I tend to pull it on pretty damn tight, and then sometimes it don't wanna let go when I wanna go, imagine guys honkin' behind me as I sit there, slippin' the clutch and trying to get that damn brake released....
So one day, sittin' in traffic, I decided, "wonder if that line lock will work for this..."
hell, it works so well, I can sit there at the light, steep uphill, I know the lite well, holdin' the regular brakes, and just before I know it will turn green, hold the line lock button on the stick, foot on the gas, give it a slight amount, lite turns green, and I am goooone!
That only works if I am the first in line, I can get that car motivatin' and movin' up the mountain so fast the rest of those guys disappear in the rear view mirror, and no smoke, no cause for the cops to come after me, been there done that, homie don't need to do that no more.....
Where this takes place the speed limit is 55, so I get to 60 in second real, real quick, shift to 5th and hold it there....
Oh Yeah....
Aloha,
Willy
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OL55
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06-20-12 07:08 PM - Post#2239642
In response to 2Loose
give it a slight amount, lite turns green, and I am goooone! 
so I get to 60 in second real, real quick, shift to 5th and hold it there....
Oh Yeah....
Aloha,
Willy
Doesn't the Muncie take the factory length driveshaft with no mods?
Larry
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REBORN55
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Loc: DeSoto, Illinois. 62924
Reg: 01-21-01
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06-22-12 05:42 PM - Post#2240288
In response to MikeB
Thanks Mike--color combo is just a little different but we like it a lot
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GaryC
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06-22-12 05:44 PM - Post#2240289
In response to 57TOMMY
I run an M20 in my '57. There's nothing not to like :> Sorry I don't have any floor pictures.
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air coupe, 300hp 327, M20 4 speed
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REBORN55
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06-22-12 05:48 PM - Post#2240291
In response to 57TOMMY
That is where the seat sits when I drive it. Actually it is 3/4 inches further back than stock--drilled out the extra factory hole for my 6'6" frame. Can't go too much forward though. The late model Muncies don't have as many mounting holes for the shifter as the earlier ones do. not much to deal with. Good luck
Edited by REBORN55 on 06-22-12 05:51 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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REBORN55
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06-22-12 05:49 PM - Post#2240292
In response to OL55
The later model fine splined Muncies are a little longer the the earlier models--had to shorten my drivshaft about 3/4 of an inch
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