Well a person can go ahead and do whatever they want with their car, whether anyone else likes it or not. Thats not really the point here. If I really wanted to do such a thing, I might consider a bolt on overdrive ala Gear Vendors, and then perhaps see if the standard style parking brakes from say, a 63 vintage or later, would be possible to bolt on by swapping from the backing plates outward and installing the foot pedal for the parking brake...but thats just one persons way of doing this. Im not saying I would or would not, but it seems more logical to me. Of course maybe a Mazda Rx-7 with a 6-71 blower and nitrous in front of a 5 speed manual would be fun too. At that point, one would even have the option of starting a new mailing list for hybrids that only a mother could love! I think perhaps Forrest Gump was right! :) Mikey 62 Crown Coupe