Column Mounted Automatic Gear Shifter

My dear old Mom is looking for a replace to her 83 K-Car. The early to mid
1990 Volvo's look to be about the same size and shape. Question, did Volvo
offer a column mounted gear shifter for the automatic trans? If so, what model
and year?

A quick check of E-Bay looks like floor mounted shifters are the norm. But not
knowing all the different models offered, could be missing the mark.

Don't know that much about Volvo, except they are quality cars. Any of the
Volvo experts out there can help me out?

Thanks.

 

Nope, no Volvo ever came with a column mounted shifter, those seem to be the
norm in domestic cars but I don't recall ever seeing anything european with
one. Mounting them on the floor allows them to easily offer the same car
with either an automatic or manual gearbox and even makes converting an
existing car from one to the other relatively straightforward.

 

Thanks, this is what I need to know. Have one more thing to replace on her
K-car (carborator) and if that doesn't fix the stalling, will look Buick. Was
hoping Volvo had a shifter on the 'tree' as I always hear good things about
these cars.

Take care.

 

Why does it NEED to be on the tree though?

 

Mom's 88 years old. She does not want to learn how to shift gears. Got to
listen to your mother!

Been in contact with Volvo directly on this issue, and am out of luck on this
point.

Thanks.

 

While no Volvo in the period mentioned ever came with a column shift,
older
models - or ar least the Amazon - most certainly did. The 122 came with
both
a column-shifted BW 3-speed automatic and, briefly, you could get it
with a manual
shift/electric clutch setup operated from the column. That option even
came with
a bench seat!

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1st good on you`r mom I had to wait un till the smoke would not stop
coming out of a 1980 stick gas rabbit before mine would go automate

 

Well a floor mounted automatic works just the same as a column one, you
don't have to "shift gears", just put it in drive and off you go. Still as
you say, she knows what she wants, probably been driving domestic cars all
her life, Volvos are great, but they're certainly a little quirky and if
that's not what one is looking for then they'd probably be happiest in
something else.