Hurst shifters
There are lots of choices for Hurst shifters if you know what and were to look for them . As yellow rose suggested there is the vertigate shifter , this is a straight line shifter , just pull up on the t bar and push forward and you are in first gear pullback and you are in second gear , push forward and you are in third one more pull puts you in 4th gear . Most of these shifters use a bracket to move the shifter up so the linkage is in more of a straight line , but using that bracket requires cutting the floor and trans tunnel . Super shifters with a reverse lock out require you to move a lever to one side to be able to get the shifter into the reverse gear . On the street might not be the best shifter to use , doing this extra step might be problematic in traffic . There is an another shifter that was used in the early Pro Stock cars. The push down shifter , extremely short stick throw , about 3 inches and spring loaded . Pull stick toward you and push forward gets you first gear , pull back toward you and you get 2nd , when you push back to the neutral gate the spring in the shifter pushes it toward the third gear detent in the shifter and one more pull back gets you in 4th . to get into reverse you put stick in neutral and push stick down and over to the left gets you in reverse . when you pull stick out of reverse it pops back up and back to the normal h pattern . I have one of the push down shifters in my 65 AFX Coronet . Again the floor will have to be cut to use the bracket mentioned in this post . it moves the vertigate and the push down shifter up and back in the car toward the driver and also allows the use of much larger shifter rods for less flex when power shifting .
Here are 2 pics of the push down shifter in the 65 car .note the larger shifter rods and the fact that they are straight for less flex when power shifting . The second pic shows the shifter moved up and back toward the driver with a short 6 inch stick , the throw on shifter is about 3 inches total . I built a large box around the shifter with a removable top to be able to service the shifter . I picked this one up on E-bay . If you are in the market for a Hurst Comp . Plus shifter I have one I bought new , put in the car and took it out when I found this one . it's for sale send me a pm.
There are lots of choices for Hurst shifters if you know what and were to look for them . As yellow rose suggested there is the vertigate shifter , this is a straight line shifter , just pull up on the t bar and push forward and you are in first gear pullback and you are in second gear , push forward and you are in third one more pull puts you in 4th gear . Most of these shifters use a bracket to move the shifter up so the linkage is in more of a straight line , but using that bracket requires cutting the floor and trans tunnel . Super shifters with a reverse lock out require you to move a lever to one side to be able to get the shifter into the reverse gear . On the street might not be the best shifter to use , doing this extra step might be problematic in traffic . There is an another shifter that was used in the early Pro Stock cars. The push down shifter , extremely short stick throw , about 3 inches and spring loaded . Pull stick toward you and push forward gets you first gear , pull back toward you and you get 2nd , when you push back to the neutral gate the spring in the shifter pushes it toward the third gear detent in the shifter and one more pull back gets you in 4th . to get into reverse you put stick in neutral and push stick down and over to the left gets you in reverse . when you pull stick out of reverse it pops back up and back to the normal h pattern . I have one of the push down shifters in my 65 AFX Coronet . Again the floor will have to be cut to use the bracket mentioned in this post . it moves the vertigate and the push down shifter up and back in the car toward the driver and also allows the use of much larger shifter rods for less flex when power shifting .
Here are 2 pics of the push down shifter in the 65 car .note the larger shifter rods and the fact that they are straight for less flex when power shifting . The second pic shows the shifter moved up and back toward the driver with a short 6 inch stick , the throw on shifter is about 3 inches total . I built a large box around the shifter with a removable top to be able to service the shifter . I picked this one up on E-bay . If you are in the market for a Hurst Comp . Plus shifter I have one I bought new , put in the car and took it out when I found this one . it's for sale send me a pm.
