Ima a slush box kinda guy, but my 9 was a 3 speed manual. The speedo cable comes out of a dedicted hole, meaning it was punched/pressed during metal pressing.
Keep in mind that the 9 is, often, a stand alone from its older sisters. On the 9, at least on the v8 cars, the speedo comes out of the firewall regardless to the driveline. The best I can recall, is that sisters have the same configuration.
