Oh very funny. Well who the fuck are those lot in Poland building C1`s, Pugs and Aygo`s ![[chin]](./images/smilies/scratch_chin.gif "hmmm"){kind=small}
could be check`s or Albanians that didn`t get in here I suppose 
If you can get the right one of these little suckers you can isolate the clutch pedal altogether
and substitute it with a button in the top of thegear lever. Leave pedal alone, press button change gear
Just had a thought. Hillman had a successful one of these called manumatic. There may be info on this operation still available
There must be miscreants about that actually find those old vehicles attractive