OK Children ,  I need a Beetle shift rod (in tunnel) for Brad Baker(new member) 68 up will do.  Brad's Beetle is a ex '73 Autostick and nobody changed the rod out .  Autostick is to short and you cannot adjust the shift lever.
    I know everyone has a extra one lay round :lol:  :lol:

I don't think that would be a problem.

Didn't the rod change length about '72?  Seems like it got 40mm longer . . . or maybe 40mm shorter.

This has been about 15 years ago, so I may be dreaming some of it up but it seems like when we were trying to re-assemble a 71 Beetle I bought as a basket case, it was missing the shift rod.  I think the one I put in it came out of a 75 chassis I bought for the tires . . . and I had to have a buddy of mine cut the end of it off, shorten the rod 40mm and weld it back on.  Again, it was a long time ago so I could be wrong on what the rod came out of and what it went back into, but I know it had to be shortened and I'm pretty sure it was 40mm.