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03/09/2011 2:42 am
Of all the stick shilfs on the muscle cars, which one/ones did you like best & why?
03/09/2011 3:13 am
Mustang short throw easier to shift car goes faster.
03/09/2011 5:13 am
I don't know if my 641/2 Mustang would be considered a muscle car
But it was the first of the "pony cars" and I guess could be
the
first of the muscle cars, well maybe ?? anyhow it was fast for
back then and it had a wonderful T10 as it was called , 4 Speed
and I loved the floor shift lever with the "T" handle for
reverse
and it seemed a very good smooth shift. Loved it.
03/09/2011 6:51 am
Well, for sure, the best shifting cars always had a Hurst Shifter!
My '71 Mach 1 had a T-Shift handle and my buddy had the "Pistol Grip" in his 'Cuda. They were both very nice and comfortable for those "no throttle lift" power shifts.
03/09/2011 7:42 am
Mine wasn't a Hurst but it was still very good mine had a Borg Warner T10 trans and I don't know if Ford made
the shift or not but it worked very well.
03/09/2011 9:54 am
My favorite was the '69 Mopar B Body w/console..PIC
I had this particular set up on one of my '69 Roadrunners. For whatever reason, the Mopar engineers specified a shift lever with a big dogleg in it, I guess to bring it closer to the driver's hand. Anyway, it looked really cool, and the Hurst mechanism and shift rods insured flawless operation. These pics are of a '69 1/2 Super Bee on ebay.
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03/09/2011 10:30 am
My 1968 Super Bee, 1969 Dart 340, 1969 Charger SE
In other words the Hurst 4speed in the 68 up Mopar. The upland or inland [what ever it was called] T-reverse lock out in the Mopar line before 1967 was the worst. FROM WORST TO BEST.
03/09/2011 10:40 am
Loved the looks of this one. Story:
I totaled my new 69 Coronet R/T [11 months and 36,000 miles] and bought it back from the ins. co.. I stripped it and put the interior in a 66 Coronet 440 and the entire drive train in a stripped down 68 Coronet Deluxe 4dr sd; boy that Hurst shifter looker real strange with no counsel, it is virtually bent in a U to come up through the center of the councel and over to and slightly back to the driver. BEAUTIFUL IN THE COUNCEL BUT VERY STRANGE WITHOUT.
04/09/2011 6:08 am
OH COME ON!!!! 1970 Mopar Hurst Pistol grip shifter nothing else come close to in your face guy baiting, hand interface, purpose
driven, macho man, trans gear changing marketing than that!!!!!!
04/09/2011 7:10 am
Short Shifter
I put one of those shifter in my 1987 5.0. but found it allowed more noise in the cabin so I went back to stock. I am a purest when it comes to design. Since I Don't drag race the little old lady from Pasadena. Why have it although I did race a gentleman with a Ferrari we got into a street race on side streets , but we departed. I would of liked to talk with the guy just for fun. my car was stock so was my engine and drive train. But we had a good duel for a mile or so.
Bob Geco
04/09/2011 4:55 pm
Looked very sharp, didn't fit me right, much preferred the ball.
06/09/2011 12:17 pm
My '69 Camaro when friend Dave's friend was was in the back seat, leaning forward with a hand on each headreast. As we were driving away from the curb and still in 1st (he was talking how fast his 383 Cuda was) so I mashed the pedal, bang 2nd, and watch him fly backwards. A Yenko 427 car is no car "not" to hang on in...