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So any of the one's in the link will work? If so, does anyone have a size they'd recommend. Is it something that is easy to install, or would it be best for a shop to do it?

I have no clue how to do install it, but it doesn't mean I'm not willing to try. (unless this is a job that is known to be tricky). The vague shifter is something I'd like to improve on. Thanks for any advice.

Bill

Replica 356 speedster shifter (vintagespeed.com.tw)

Sslowshoes: You will want to choose a length shifter as long as the one you have or a tad longer it is all to your taste of how it feels to you when seated in the drivers seat. The shifter isn't all that hard to install, a 15 min or less job for someone that can turn a wrench. If you buy one have someone like me face time you through the install.

Bubbasev: I ordered a 45mm tube size which is a custom build for them. They contacted me to send them measurements and pictures of my Speedster to build the system to fit and have the tip a half inch under the bumper. It fit very nice. I am not sure about buying their in stock sebring exhaust. Mine took 6 weeks to build but it was a wonderfully built product.

Thanks for the reply Jimmy, and the offer of help should I buy one - very much appreciated. (I'm confident I'll at least need advice).

This is probably a dumb question, but I'm curious what makes the standard VS shifter feel so vague. Without knowing a thing about them, it just seems like something that could be adjusted and dialed in by someone who knew what they were doing. What did Vintage Speed do with their shifter to make it more precise?

Bill

The stock shifter is made inexpensively and was designed to shift from one gear to another and not be sporty. It does the job but over the years the ball at the end gets sloppy as well as the bushings of the shift tube and coupler. The Vintage Speed shifter has its own machined base to stabilize the shifter and it is designed to use a raised leverage point to make the distance between gears shorter. It is a very well thought out redesign of the VW shifter and worth every cent of what they cost.

@slowshoes @Jimmy V. i have the updated PORSCHE bushing model ...along with having replaced the plastic shift bushing in the hanger with the (EV4U)20190917_18381120190910_14302520200716_163626 BRASS one and a brand new SHIFT ROD since john steele/JPS (aka DR JEKYLL/MR HYDE) in his infinite wisdom thought it was OK to leave a 50 year old WORN OUT part in my $40K car....(which is an entirely different OPRAH)....those things have dialed in the shifting of my car for the life of the car

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GASP!!!

I am shocked.  SHOCKED, I say, that Mr. Steele would use anything that was not absolutely top-rate in any of his builds.

SHOCKED!!!

I may need another Hot Tody, just to calm down.

And just to be honest here, I have the Berg "T" handle shifter.  I like it, having nothing else to compare it to, but if I had my druthers I would opt for something with an ivory ball or mushroom cap.  Not that I don't like my "T" (it perfectly fits my hand), but Dak's ivory shift ball is really nice.

Before my Vintage Speed shifter, I had a CSP shifter which is also very nice and worth investigating.

The one thing that bothers me about the Vintage Speed shifter is that the boot is not attached at the bottom. I tried a couple of alternatives - the top part of a 911 boot and part of a generic CV joint boot. Finally, I had a leather boot made by a little shop in Poland. I see that jncspyder also has a leather boot.  It bothers me a little bit that the leather boot hides the attractive base of the shifter.

I replace the Vintage knob with a 356A knob. It was an expensive piece of plastic.

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