Thanks for your reply RUMRUM. I decided against the Quicksilver because of it's size in my very small '29 roadster cockpit. I have ordered the Lokar based on the price considering I am trashing my present Gennie shifter. The main gain is the lockout for reverse and some slight increase in legroom for my wife on the passenger side. I may also replace my e-brake handle and go to a flat floor model. The main factor is that I wanted the original look but getting some comfort space on the passenger side is becoming increasingly important if I can ever convince my wife to "tour" a bit in the roadster. Another problem on the horizon is the need for side curtains but I can postpone that for a while. NOW FOR THE MAIN QUESTION TO IC2. In your earlier pictures the rod you modified to 5/16" appears to be only about 8" or so in your pictures. I hope to make the same improvement on my Lokar (700R4) and have ordered two precision ball/heim ends from Speedway but the hole in the ball end is 1/4" so most of the available ball/heim ends have the same threaded size as the ball hole. Thus did IC2 bore out the threaded hole to make it 5/16" or whittle down the diameter of the 5/16" rod to rethread it for the 1/4" female threads on the heim? It would appear easier to reduce the ends of the rod to 1/4" diameter before rethreading?

Don shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder