David Woods picks up the story of the. Ford 6X launch. The pressure is on as he is still trying to maximise the potential of the Select-O-Speed transmission and come up with ways of demonstrating its advantages. Martin Brown and I developed another routine that amazed everyone who doubted the value of Select-O-Speed. We fitted a 'neutral bypass plate' into the control lever mechanism that enabled a direct forward to reverse shuttle without the lever dropping into the neutral slot.
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