<VV> 69 clutch cable

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<snip>From: "John McMahon" 
Subject: <VV> Craig Nicol's clutch cable
Craig Nicol recently wrote:
"Push in the clutch for a final adjustment check and ... POW!   I guess it's
time to put in the '69 cable and cross-shaft I have been storing for this
moment."

What's the story here?  Sounds like there's an advantage, and I'm all about
advantage!<unsnip>

Oh, well, here's the story...
The 65-8 clutch cable terminates behind the radio with a lead ball.  The fork 
that pulls the ball and cable is crudely made out of stamped steel.  It's 
only a matter of time until the lead ball jams in the fork and then everytime you 
push on the clutch, you flex the end of the cable until it breaks - usually 
in 5:00 traffic.

In '69, after it was all over for Corvairs, as a parting gift to Corvairdom 
some very fine engineer at GM developed a clutch cable with an aircraft "heim 
joint" end. This "ball bearing" joint may never fail.  It's fairly easy to 
modify the original 65-8 clutch fork to accept the heim jointed cable end.  Fix it 
once and never again. The '69 cable is only slightly more expensive than the 
65-8 cable (thanks, Cal!)
Craig Nicol
65,65,66,67 Corvairs, 3 out of 4 have '69 cables.