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Old 07-09-2008, 11:27 PM   #24 (permalink)
wagonman76
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Originally Posted by RH77 View Post
A bit off topic -- a friend in college had a Mid-80's Celebrity Wagon. It had a 4-speed manual which I thought was odd. According to the story, it turns out that his Mom knew someone at the assembly plant, and had it installed as a custom item. Got to drive it once -- 2.5L -- nice ride.

Not sure if there's any truth to it, but I had only seen them in automatics...

RH77
All the a-bodies were available with a manual trans at some time or another. (Up till 85 or 86 you could also get them with a 4.3L diesel engine.) Pretty sure it was the 82-86 models that could have a 4 speed, and 87-88 models could have a Getrag 5 speed. Ive seen only a few ever, they were indeed pretty rare. Bench seat models had a trucklike floor shifter. Bucket seat models had a cool looking shifter integrated into the console.
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