Johnny71dusty
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anyone put a challenger console and slap stick in a A body ? we are trying to do something different with our dart
challenger console and slap stick
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Professor Fate
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Been done a number of times. Go to Mopar Interiors and search "Challenger console" or "slapstick".
Here's one with pictures to get you started:
Corbeau seats+ e body console pics | For A Bodies Only Mopar Forum
Here's one with pictures to get you started:
Corbeau seats+ e body console pics | For A Bodies Only Mopar Forum
Jim Lusk
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I've used the slapstick in an A-body console. Top lever on the vertical rod needs to have a new outer hole 1/4" farther in.
DARTLARRY
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DARTLARRY
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I love the short shifter handle of the E and B body slapstick, the Ebody console is a little too wide but it will fit. I like the look of the A body console better, and is a better fit but I feel like the the short shifter be moved too far forward?
E and 71-74 B body consoles are the same.
IIRC the shifter mount between A, 66-70 B and the slaptick is also the same.
What's different, is the bracket that bolts to the transmission (the one that most people forget to grab when removing console from a parts car). On a B that changes 66-70 and 71-74. bend is slightly different and hole location is offset. Not sure about A.
Late B 75-79 shifters are also the same, but the pawl that makes them ratchet is not there.
They can be converted to "slap" ratchet action.
IIRC the shifter mount between A, 66-70 B and the slaptick is also the same.
What's different, is the bracket that bolts to the transmission (the one that most people forget to grab when removing console from a parts car). On a B that changes 66-70 and 71-74. bend is slightly different and hole location is offset. Not sure about A.
Late B 75-79 shifters are also the same, but the pawl that makes them ratchet is not there.
They can be converted to "slap" ratchet action.
E body console looks great with the auto stick in that A body. Not sure what mods would be required to mount an E body 4 speed console in an A body 4 speed car.
Jim Lusk
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Maybe if you're tall, but I have found that the shifter is in a good place. I've tried to modify an A-body shifter, but have not come up with a method that works. I may try again one of these days, but I like the short shifter.
GoGrnDvl340
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Great picture. Do you think this would work with a manual as well? I’m looking to put a 5 speed in my 71 demon. They don’t make a pistol grip for the 5 speed to be used with the console. Curious if I could possibly do this and buy the e body tremac. Did you have to do much to fit this console between the seats? I’m actually down in dayton not to far from you.
GoGrnDvl340
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Jim Lusk
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Is the hole modification the only thing that needs to be done......Then it drops right into the factory location using existing rods and brackets? Very nice.....
DARTLARRY
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I am not sure about the 5 speed lining up or not. The console is a tight fit but does fit fine just below the top of the seats.
GoGrnDvl340
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Would it be possible for you to post more pictures of the console fit? A shot directly above the console looking down between seats. Trying to get a feel for the fit between the seats.
Love that console and the Slap Stick is the best automatic shifter on the planet.
Jim Lusk
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Yup, that's the only mod. All parts except the shifter itself are A-body parts.
ESP47
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Are you talking about the A body console here?
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