When this website was first formed, we had a few simple rules for cars to be listed, first was they must be cheap, second rear-drive and third manual-transmission. Those rules have been violated as many times as Robert Downey Jr failed his court ordered drug screenings, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't strive to be clean or that we shouldn't look for cheap rear drive manual trans equipped cars. The only problem is that some cars never came with a clutch pedal from the factory, so...what factory auto car needs a manual transmission?
The C36 AMG was built from 1995 thru 1997 and featured a phenomenal 3.6 liter inline-6 mated to a 5-speed slushbox and the rear wheels. The C36 was a great car (I should know, I owned one for a few years) but is seriously let down by the only available gearbox. It isn't a bad automatic transmission (shifts are crisp and quick) but the fact remains that it quenches the fun from what would otherwise be a serious M3 competitor. Only 5200 C36s were built, so finding a good one isn't as easy as you might think, but this 1997 Mercedes-Benz C36 AMG
offered from a dealer in Costa Mesa, CA on ebay for $8,888 or best offer isn't a bad place to start. It just needs a manual gearbox...If you had to pick a car that needs a tranny swap, what would you pick? Comments below.
The Jaguars have certainly been well represented in this category with ,today's XJS , a '69 XJ6 , '73 XJ6 which looked like an '86 , '76 XJ12C
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I would love to do a ls1 6speed or 5.0 5.0 coyote swap if I had the skills or money
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Grand National has been mentioned, so I will go with
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I like that C36. We're they built on a "good" MB platform or had the quality already gone away?
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Audi A8/S8 and RS6. It can be done, but it's probably pretty pricey to piece together. For the C5 chassis RS6 you could just pick up an A6 manual parts car. The D chassis cars may have been available with manual in Europe early on? I have seen several for sale with manuals. I know 034 has some of the needed parts.
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