“I’ve just been doing a little sewing in the morning,” Krista Olson says, a couple of hours after waking up. “No big deal.” She doesn’t go to work for another hour, so she sits in front of her vintage ...

Owners of '93-'02 Firebirds and Trans Ams equipped with manual five- or six-speed transmissions are likely to experience—or have already fallen victim to—shifter-boot-retainer failure. It occurs when ...