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Has anybody built or seen a bench seat, auto, floor shift done up to look like a 4-speed (when it is actually an automatic) ?
I have a useless clutch pedal, and a floor mount B&M shifter that I am not totally comfortable with. I've checked out lokar and a few others but the problem I run into is mating the shifter I want ("double bend" 4-sp) with the mechanism underneath.
I've seen this done somewhere before and I can't remember where.
Comments and ideas welcome.
i'm building a 56 210 right now. it will have a 200r4. 66 firebird buckets with a 66 nova ss 4 speed console. i'll use a mr gasket detent shifter that has a cable and is floor mounted. will have the white 4 speed knob.
I'll check out the shifter. If you have any pictures (or get any in the future) I'd love to see them.Quote:
Originally Posted by shine
Thanks for the input
you using this one?
shifter
My Dad had a huge hurst mopar pistol grip lever welded to a B&M z gate under the boot in his t bucket. Everyone thought it was a standard at first glance, he didn't have the faux clutch pedal though.
Unless you want to shift it yourself.. you could start out with a Lokar floor shifter, then get the 4spd shifter that you want, mod and use it's arm in the lokar shifter.. hide it under a Hurst 4spd shift boot.. noone will know unless they watch you shift it
Fake 4 speed? but why?
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Originally Posted by willowbilly3
Exactly! WHY?
If you need to shift - then install a manual.
When I was a young punk - loved to rip through the gears but with age came the realization that an automatic makes driving while holding your beer easier!:LOL:
But honestly I think an automatic on the column - is still better than anything "fake".:rolleyes:
That's where the problem is. The lokar auto sticks all have this button in the shift knob for the lockout features. I assume there is a cable or something that runs down the tube where as the standard shift levers are solid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt167
And to those asking "why?"......I say "why not?".....I dont want to buy/change the column...I dont want to pull the tranny and install a REAL four speed, and currently, I dont like the looks of my floor shifter. It's fairly simple really...
I dont need to shift. Just dont like the appearance of what I have.Quote:
Originally Posted by GulfCoastGasser
And I dont want to change the column...for now:cool:
Not true.....Look HEREQuote:
Originally Posted by 65cayne
theres a guy here with a t-350 in a tbucket with a hurst 4 speed stick as the shifter want me to get some tech notes? :D
I think Hurst/Mr. gasket used to have shifters that looked similar to a 4 speed. I can see you wanting a shifter without a button. I don't understand fake stuff tho. That was more what I saw in the topic. Kinda like the Olds valve covers on a chevy thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by 65cayne
i'm building this car for a customer. but the main reason is looks. the auto console in 66 was butt ugly so i'm going to use the 4 speed console which looks better. the owner wants a 60's hotrod look . the mr gasket is a cable shifter and mounts to the floor.
There are some pictures of what I'm using in my 64 Ford i theis thread
http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16968