Thread: How rare are W108 4-speed manuals? And how hard are trans swaps?
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Old 08-02-2013, 12:57 PM
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I don't think a lot man trans cars were sold in the US for marketing reasons. The tunnel and crankshaft should be the same but driveshaft will be different. A doner man trans car (rusted, wrecked) would be good to have. If you specifically want a man trans it would have to be a 6cyl. The only V8 cars that had a man trans were 3.5's. I see manual transmissions on Ebay and here in the "Wanted/for sale" sometimes-even a complete conversion.
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