autodelta gearstick

camcar77 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-28-2005, 06:42 PM

Hi all I was wondering is anyone new about the autodelta optional alloy gear stick Or whare to get one .Any photos would be great

Cheers

gtaj · #2 (**permalink**) 08-28-2005, 07:11 PM

i don't know what you mean. can you be a little more descriptive? where did you see this, etc?

camcar77 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-28-2005, 07:46 PM

Ok I saw this on a freinds gta it was a alloy gearstick made of durallium according to him Have you ever seen this

gtaj · #4 (**permalink**) 08-29-2005, 08:12 PM

never sorry

ossodiseppia · #5 (**permalink**) 08-29-2005, 08:59 PM

Is this what you are talking about?

**60sRacer** · #6 (**permalink**) 08-30-2005, 12:41 AM

That's not an AutoDelta part. Several racers have fabricated this type of race shifter. Here's one:

http://engr.smu.edu/rcam/cpm3v/shifter/shifter1.htm

If this is what you are looking for, I think there's some folks that are making another type too. Don't know if they are into fabricating for others, but I'll ask if this is what you're looking for.

Robert

camcar77 · #7 (**permalink**) 08-30-2005, 01:06 AM

No this is not what I saw It has autodelta stamped on the bottom and looks identicle to the original stick only in alloy Aan I seem to remember reading that it was a option .

ossodiseppia · #8 (**permalink**) 08-30-2005, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 60sRacer

That's not an AutoDelta part. Several racers have fabricated this type of race shifter.

**60sRacer** · #9 (**permalink**) 08-30-2005, 12:51 PM

Sorry Osso, I was referring to camcar's comment. BTW - I enjoyed the stuff you have on your car's reconstruction. Very informative and so well documented.

Re Durallum - this is a term used for a high strength aluminum alloy developed for WWII aircraft, so its been around from the 40's. Seems strange to use on a shift lever.

Camcar77: are you referring to the magnesuim transmission case, bell housing used for light weight on the GTA's? The cars had several aluminum items replaced by magnesium castings to reduce the car's weight - it was over the weight limit for the homogation group, so Auto Delta did a lot of costly things to reduce weight.

R

JohnT · #10 (**permalink**) 08-30-2005, 04:21 PM

Guys-
Check out bottom of page 5 (options for GTAm)
http://home.earthlink.net/~jtandmary...icles/id1.html

They do list a lightweight gear lever as an option. No pics or any more info. I'll take a look in Alleggerita and see if there any info there.....

-JT

italcarguy · #11 (**permalink**) 08-30-2005, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camcar77

Ok I saw this on a freinds gta it was a alloy gearstick made of durallium according to him Have you ever seen this

ossodiseppia · #12 (**permalink**) 08-30-2005, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 60sRacer

Sorry Osso, I was referring to camcar's comment. BTW - I enjoyed the stuff you have on your car's reconstruction. Very informative and so well documented.

**60sRacer** · #13 (**permalink**) 08-30-2005, 11:45 PM

Update on 'Dural', or Duralum alloys. The first recorded use I have found of this material is the LZ-1 Zeppelin. The frame rings were made of dural castings.

"ZEPPELIN was the name given to the duralumin-internal-framed, dirigibles invented by the persistent Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. The LZ1 made its initial flight from a floating hangar on Lake Constance, near Friedrichshafen in Southern Germany, on 2 July 1900."

Here's a web site to start with:

http://spot.colorado.edu/~dziadeck/zf/historical.htm

Robert

Alleggerita · #14 (**permalink**) 09-15-2005, 04:58 AM

Alfa GTA did have a lightened gear lever. It essentially looks like the standard piece on a 67 GTV (you need to push for reverse) but it doesn't have the rubber bushing at the bottom. It's welded instead. Material is standard.