1976 Sears Free Spirit Ted Williams 5 Speed

[Da Gas Man]

MX was the stake through the heart. Outlawing console shifters merely rang in the impending doom.

I feel like we should be sitting around a campfire...

 

[Wayne]

I love the "frame shifters were outlawed in '74". Not sure if that's true,

Yes, 1973 last year for those very dangerous shifters, not allowed in '74.

Thank you Ralph Nader and his cronies saving us all, NOT!

Eye stabber brake levers were axed in '68.