The Hurst Pistol Grip - History And Evolution Of The Musclecar Era's Most Iconic Shifter

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1970 was the highwater mark for Chrysler in terms of both performance and Musclecar styling, and one of the most recognized artifacts of this era is the iconic Pistol Grip shifter
Here's the story of how it evolved, the differences between the E and B body versions and what was most probably an A Body unit that found a different application and turned out to be the best of them all.
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@StephenMcMillan-zs9ri Год назад

40 years ago my brother took me to the DMV to get my learners license . After I passed, we walked outside and my brother gave me his keys and told me I was driving home. 1970 Charger 440 six pack pistol grip four speed. Will never forget it.

@peterliebezeit5636 Год назад

You had a cool bro, bro lol

@drewbiedoobie1416 Год назад

Now, THAT's a brother

@brianz426 Год назад

Awesome!!!

@Daniel-fd3wp Год назад

@StephenMcMillan Good Times. 👍

@Anthony-nw5zv Год назад

You lucky dog 🐶!

@kevinnoneman8246 Год назад

I love these in-depth looks at small nuances of classic cars, 18 minutes of history on something as small a a shifter! Awesome!

@zairomolino4074 Год назад

Hi car guy

@petergrey7125 Год назад

Absolutely cool! 👍

@stevejarred6484 Год назад

I wonder if anyone actually made * real wood * (Ash, teak, ebony, walnut, mahogany, maple, etc) replacements for plastic grips on a Pistol Grip shifter? That would have classed a lot of interiors up and felt real nice to the touch!

@stevejarred6484 Год назад

Wow! Good luck 👍! It sounds like you could deserve a break!

@richardprice5978 Год назад

he didn't mention that the re-pop's don't fit or look-right feels-right the original design bayonet-parts like im looking for ( fits my Chevy's hurst shifter base better as it's 180* from how chevy mounted it in the 2012 car and or probably going to modify it to work like the french-car's sliding mechanism 3"in gate 1st-2d and 6'in sideways 1st/2d-7th/R top-parts is modified to have the C7 shift pattern and some blend-sculpting to make it look $$/the part ) aka my 1969 charger ( 2 gen hemisphere stroker 4'5X4.3'in bore ect ) TR6060-hurst-2012-chevy-camaro/2014Z51-corvette 7-speed transmission-dropout at first i was going to go with a "truck/inline" marble/stone ball handle design but after 2022-Christmas mockup and talking with others 2006-now the red-wood idel-hand's version in the non-consonsole/base of firewall is much better , as i didn't/not doing the in trendy things and or $$ as it's a keeper for me/my-family tried the shifter he likes and the aftermarket reppop's placement that's more to my nee's/mid tunnel/back-tunnel no-thanks! vary uncomfortably to me but then again i started off in a 1977 f150/gramps truck ( and my truck's 1968 c10 and 80's k1500 ) and im/dad/sibling's 6-6'6ft tall and mostly upper bodied and 190-300lb's plus i married/mom's a 4'9-5'5 99-250lb female so compromise is needed 😉

@mdcuddy3286 Год назад

Where I grew up the plastic grips were replaced with actual wood! Hickory, Walnut and Oak were used and matched to the wood griped steering wheels. Made driving more fun!

@rotangman5786 Год назад

Check out "Idle hands woodwork" google that and check out those grips sounds like what your talking about!

@hemibeastpl8790 Год назад

I did the same with mine shifter. I dont like the way plastic one feels.

@johnpublic6582 Год назад

You reminded me that I carved a walnut offset T handle for the shifter in my Chevette in high school. It was a straight bit of wood with nuts in one end screwed direct to the nub coming through the floor for the ultimate short shifter. 0-60 in 14 seconds. But I would probably have died in a fiery wreck in high school if I didn't have such a slow car.

@CORVAIRWILD 11 месяцев назад

I had a Chevette diesel 5 speed, actually an Acadian, in Montreal

@robgobbler 3 месяца назад

We all thought we needed faster cars, but we all know a guy who definitely didn't need one looking back in life. They coincidentally had the same name as us!

@thomasward4505 Год назад

I bought a 2009 Challenger RT with pistol grip and I was disappointed that they did not make the original handle. The original handle fits your hand perfectly and was at the right angle. Even the angle was wrong on the new Challenger. So I took mine and cut it off below the boot and re-welded it at the same angle as the earlier cars. It was a great Improvement especially if you are over 6ft tall

@robertjones7792 5 месяцев назад

I own a 1970 Dodge Charger 500 with factory 383 with the 4 speed pistol grip, love the car to death for over 30 years now. Great video Thanks

@steven9428 Год назад

We always called the Inland shifters the "Wonder Shifter" because when you really started banging the gears, you always wondered what gear you would end up with.

@chuckaustin3832 Год назад

Uncle Tony, this is exactly why I love your channel.

@cobyburrow9339 Год назад

I am a Chevy fan but, enjoy all brands of hot rods. I have been around friends that really dig Mopars and I always like hearing the history and codes of Mopar cars. Great informative video.

@Vicus_of_Utrecht Год назад

I grew up Ford family until I got my '87 Dodge *Shelby* Charger. Not only am I a MOPAR man now, I specialize in the EEK platform.

@tommyhawks856 Год назад

Your history lessons on Chrysler vehicles is top notch, Tony.

@idaholineman5788 Год назад

Really dig these historical videos on musclecar minutia.

@yourworstnightmare5902 Год назад

Always amazed by his amount of knowledge and clarity of his explanations. A literal walking encyclopedia!

@jimkappius9299 Год назад

Fond memories of the pistol grip getting my first ticket. Down shifting into 2nd and nailing it right past a patrolman sitting behind a hedge😂. He probably would have let me go except for that pesky TransAm that was disappearing in my rear view was also wide open. Being informed to consequences of spontaneous racing on your 17th birthday driving your older brother’s 73 Charger… good times.

@michaeldanzow2362 Год назад

Thank you for this bit of Hurst History. My introduction to the Pistol Grip started when I was 5 years old, 1981. My father being long time Mopar nut, had built a 'Trike' from a Corvair engine flipped 180 degrees, putting the engine forward, and transaxle out back. He had a friend cut the bellhousing, flipping the transmission, which allowed the engine to be mounted forward. This is where the pistol grip comes in, and got very creative. He had the Hurst handle, and he remade the wood grips to fit a left hand, and thus he was able to shift the trike with his left hand, the Hurst connected to some links to the Corvair transmission. The left foot was for the clutch, right for the brakes. Throttle was a motorcycle twist grip. Love to share come pictures if you are interested.

@cactuscanuck6802 Год назад

I never get tired of Uncle Tony's Mopar history lessons!

@martind701 Год назад

The pistol grip on my 71 Superbee always draws comments at shows and wherever I go.

@daddysbrokegarage Год назад

This is THEE best shifter hands down will never be beat or duplicated. A pistol grip on a A833 with a competition plus mechanism and 3.91 sure grip wound tight by a 340. Doesnt get any better.

@rustandmagic Год назад

The early Valiant/Lancer floor shifter is cool, it follows the front of the bench and sneak up

@OllamhDrab Год назад

That may have been what I had in my Duster for a shift lever. (Not sure if it came with the rest of the Hurst hardware or what, but it worked well, especially for keepin my split bench seat and moved forwards as I do, Fit on the Hurst hardware, was round chrome with no flat spots, no name, seemed made for the bench seat job.

@skylarsoper241 Год назад

Uncle tony on a side note , I own a 1979 kenworth lw 924 , logging truck , 3408 caterpillar, has a 6 speed with 4 speed auxiliary trans , I’ve carved out of mahogany both my shift sticks both similar to this hurst , I did take my inspiration from the Chrysler hurst shifter 😂

@glennnickerson8438 Год назад

If I ever end up on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire Uncle Tony and they ask me a Mopar question--can you be my call a friend? 😆 TONY FOR THE WIN!

@mikepoint4717 Год назад

Simply fantastic video Uncle Tony , I truly appreciate these historical videos. Other channels I watch are cool but you take it to another level. Please keep up with these videos coming . Cheers 🇨🇦

@pgmurray76 Год назад

They have been reproduced for a while now, but I have three originals NOS NIB. One box is open and I love imagining shifting a 4 speed with these. So good in the hand (no duh!)

@Mark-um7ey 11 месяцев назад

Pistol grip shifter was a great marketing item and everyone wanted one back in the day. Good video explaining the issues with it, spent a few days (and nights) working on my buddies 69 road runner fixing bent linkage and adjusting it from constant power shifts. Crazy to see what these old 60's cars are selling for now...we beat them like a rented mules back then, just an old used car lol

@scotcoon1186 Год назад

This made me think of the 79 gmc brigadier. The lever came through the floor at the back wall, up a foot, horizontal to a couple inches from the driver seat, horizontal forward to even with the front of the seat, then 45⁰ up and forward. It moved up and down to shift. You had to take your knee off the doghouse to use reverse, low hole, first, and 5th. Cruise control was your calf resting on the doghouse, your heel on the top of the pedal, and occasionally thinking about the carnage if number 5 or 6 decided to visit the fiberglass your leg was laying on.

@stevedeleon8775 Год назад

My 1970 Chevy Malibu had a Munsie 4 speed "Rock Crusher" with a "Pistol Grip" shifter

@immikeurnot Год назад

Proof that stuff doesn't have to be a good design to become a legend.

@georgedreisch2662 Год назад

Had such memories of these shifters, I’ve adapted a E-Body non-console one to my -95 Cummins Ram, NV-4500. Way more ergonomic then the factory stick. The grips loosened after a while, but was remedied by filling them with epoxy and bedding them in silicone when reinstalled.

@GJM866 Год назад

Back in the 90's my brother had one in his 1970 440 super bee and his 1971 383 roadrunner. Awesome!

@michaelmartinez8836 Год назад

One of the few people who can talk about and tell me shit I already know

@AZOffRoadster 11 месяцев назад

My 73 Challenger 340 had the console & pistol grip shifter. Wish I still owned that car. It was fun.

@shanew.williams 11 месяцев назад

Yes UT, I did "get something out of this" EXCELLENT vid. Chock full of Mopar shifter info (some of which i did not know). As for the A833 being a balky trans,i've had a slew of them & every one took muscle. Once while roaming the pits at Talladega during a practice, i watched Richard Petty struggle with his after backing from the garage. Finally, with his right hand already on the shifter,he wraps his LEFT hand around all & frees the shifter to get low gear & drive away. Never saw that in my life. Can't wait for your upcomming A833 vid.

@tomcrosby6332 Год назад

Uncle Tony, You didn't mention the weight of the that long shifter. ('69 GTX) I put some kind of spring like part of a throttle spring some where from the stick forward to some part under the hump to carry some of the weight. Otherwise you'd have to hold it in 1st or 3rd, or it would flop into neutral. My shifter is a console bend, but I don't have a console. but it stays away from my shin better. I made my own rods welding threads of 3/8" bolts onto spare shifter rods I had. And I fabricated my own indestructible shifter mount from 1/4 " plate iron. I also experimented with bellcranks from Brewer's that had different angles and lengths. Shorter bell cranks reduce shifter travel, so you don't smash your ash tray and knuckles, and so on.

@WildAzzRacing Год назад

I always thought the pistol grip looked cool, and is iconic to a degree, but I have found I prefer an old school plain round knob on my shifter. It just feels easier and quicker for me to shift than the odd (to me, anyway) hand position of the pistol grip.

@steveib724 Год назад

Hurst round ball man myself for sure 👍

@richardprice5978 Год назад

@@steveib724 changed my millennial-mind about my 1960's chargers tr60.. 7-speed swap after being in the shop in 2022 Christmas mockup to see what it would be like and really the longest hurst pistol grip ( by the dashboard/steering wheel ) works the best and looks more premium, but ya other than this one time/vin im a stone-ball truck-styling guy ( like my 1968 c10 has ) as my 60's-vin took some convincing reasoning to change it out

@Vicus_of_Utrecht Год назад

Yup, I couldn't do a pistol grip (I love firearms; different muscle memory).

@Motor-City-Mike 11 месяцев назад

Amen.

@joshuagarvey9362 Год назад

MR Gasket V-Gate shifter are Awsome!…I just installed one in my 68 and OMG I love it.

@netgnostic1627 10 месяцев назад

I found a pistol-grip shifter in the trunk of wrecking yard Coronet and bought it. It had been laying in rusty water for years, probably. I think it was the E-body shaft, because like you say, it was the wrong angle for my A-body. So, since it had peeling chrome and rust, I had no qualms about modifying it. After measuring and double-checking, I made a prototype out of wood and took it to a guy I took high-school metal shop with, who by that time was working at an oil-business welding and fabrication shop. He cut the pistol-grip handle part off, and ground off the remaining chrome. He took an untempered length of tool-steel, replicated the wooden piece I gave him, and welded the pistol handle on. He ground and smoothed his weld perfectly. Then I sent it to a chroming shop that did mostly street-rod stuff, and chromed it up. It was perfect. The plastic bits looked bad, so I carved mahogany replacements. It took me a couple of tries to get them looking perfect. I wish I still had that shifter - but I'm glad to know what pistol-grip kit will fit if I decide to switch my '65 Barracuda to a 4-speed.

@MrDibbons Год назад

I installed a pistol grip shifter in my '65 Valiant bracket racer when I swapped the AT for the Chrysler four-speed. I found power-shifting a little tricky with that style shifter. I eventually replaced it with a t-handle style that was angled toward third gear, which I thought was an improvement at the drag strip. Of course, I still approve the "look" of the pistol grip handle!

@mikedaugharty5544 Год назад

The T Hurst T handle just says race transmission put T handles on most all my 4 speeds accept the collector cars with the pistol grip

@AtZero138 Год назад

Like 777.. Epic!!! History Corner with Our Uncle Tony... Getting a Grip...with the Pistol

@NathansMoparGarage Год назад

🐴

@mannye7346 Год назад

Ha!!! Right towards the end of the video you hit the nail on the head. I have a 71 Charger R/T automatic car (bucket seats of course). 30 years ago someone converted it to 4 speed. I have no console (or bench) but I have the Pistol Grip setup out of a B-Body Bench car. By far it has the best "feeling" throws. I've owned my car for 25 years and only 1 person has ever picked up on that. Good stuff brother.

@grantaldous Год назад

I love the content that UTG puts out. The arcane minutiae is most informative and very enjoyable. Thanks, Tony!

@lawrenceveinotte Год назад

When i was in trade school back in 78, a friend loaned be the two "wood" sides of a pistol grip, with some wood i made a a T-handle that the foundry class used to cast who knows how many out of aluminum, you could drill it as a T-handle or a pistol grip.

@killforpeae69 Год назад

Take Hold ! Of the Grip.

@brianlove6506 Год назад

Great story Tony. I wish you would make a Mopar book of your awesome experiences.

@ChrisPervelis 11 месяцев назад

Little remembered is the awesome bent Hurst shifter for console A-body Barracudas and Darts (late 68 - 69). I have one in my Formula S and it's gorgeous and works well.

@DanEBoyd Год назад

I remember the first time I ever saw a Pistol Grip Shifter - or was it? On the bus home from school in around 1978 or '79, I saw a light yellow B body parked on a side street in a neighborhood. It was close to two miles from my house, so I ended up up there on my bike and went to go check out that car. It was a beat up rust bucket, and the pale yellow looked like house paint which had been brushed on. When I looked into the car, I saw what looked to me like a Hurst T handle which had been drilled and tapped to mount standing on its side, on the shift lever. I was probably in eighth grade, but I knew what a Hurst T handle was. Later on I learned about pistol grips, and always wondered it the one I saw was real. I don't remember seeing any wood on it, and it was that gray color like a T handle.

@curtsmith3064 Год назад

I remember when I brought home my Coronert R/T to show my dad over 50 yrs ago. He couldn't understand why I wanted a car that ran so rough and had a manual transmission.Later I put in a pistol grip to which he said I had a Freudian complex.He never understood the muscle car thing.

@MIKEANDTHEMECHANICS Год назад

In the 80s I worked at a speed shop and my boss used to tell a story about a guy in the early 70s that came into the store and wanted to buy one of these Kowalski shifters. My boss couldn't figure it out and then it dawned on him that he was talking about the guy in the movie Vanishing Point. LOL...For those of you that have no idea what I'm talking about, look it up it's a cool old movie.

@lucidrain9469 Год назад

Super informative! I never knew there were 4 iterations of the pistol grip- awesome content as usual 👍

@jessicawells5145 Год назад

Well now I know what I have,I have a 71 b-body shifter, that's why it worked when I put it in my 67 super sport Chevelle,sorry I was 19 in 1990 and was always experimenting with things

@dadalebreton184 Год назад

Cold plastic feeling it is!!!! 70' Challenger RT/SE... Im 12 years old.... Sitting in the car in the garage... Thinking it's a 357 magnum pistol grip! Then we got the 68 Charger R/T! We grow up to fast. Compared to my 66 pontiac chromed antenna column shifter. I have to laugh! Hahaha

@jamesmarze9850 Год назад

Great info Tony!

@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369 4 месяца назад

Thanks COOP ...

@theol3199 Год назад

Apples to oranges but taking the inland shifter out of my Camaro and slapping a hurst in there was up there with the best modifications I’ve ever done

@TAVOAu Год назад

This was an absolute lesson for me, down under. We never got the A833 box down here, so I have zero knowledge on them. We had to wait until 1972 for our home grown Borg Warner single rail 4 speed, which uses a shifter mount very similar to that 3 bolt triangular pattern shown. Until then, we only had the 3 speed, which as mentioned, was floor shifted in our first Valiant in 1962 (which were leftover 1961 models). Our Pacer and early Charger models had a unique 3 speed shifter, which the mount sandwiched between the rear transmission mount and housing, therefore, only available with bucket seats. I might have to do a follow up on that for your viewers.

@MikeLawson-cj4kt Год назад

I'm putting a B-Body bench seat shifter on an F-Body Overdrive-4, in my '82 Mirada. The F-Body floor tunnel looks like it was born there when you put it next to the transmission hump.

@EarlwithanE 11 месяцев назад

My first car was a 70 RR with the pistol grip shifter. Still my favorite looking shifter and, to me, the most natural feeling manual shifting process. Miss that car everyday. Thanks for the trip down memory lane and the history lesson UT 👍

@utubedude2842 Год назад

My ls1 Camaro has an aluminum hurst pistol grip shifter. Had it since high school

@jamesgullo8240 11 месяцев назад

These were made at the building where I worked a few years ago In Moorestown new jersey. When we moved in and signed the lease. The guy told me that the molds had been thrown out in the dumpster when they cleaned out. I could have cried.

@tylerhoodenpyle7800 Год назад

I've always wondered why the 71-74 B-body bench shifter was never offered in a 70-74 E-body with bench. Seems like a perfect pairing to me.

@jittychitty Год назад

I loved the pistol grip in my 70 challenger R/T

@HughbertJassGaming Год назад

Great video, sir! Really enjoyed that :)

@weewillys1 Год назад

I remember shifting my friends roadrunner into 3rd and smashing my hand into the opened ashtray!

@Ecosse57 Год назад

first car i ever speed shifted was my buddy's '70 440+6 pack road runner. the car was a beast! i once flipped the red toggle for the air grabber while stopped at a cross walk and, no lie, i startled a college student walking by just at that moment. good times...

@yobentley7274 Год назад

Hurst "T" Shifter?? When I was just a kid, my future Brother-in Law had a Hurst Olds W30 with the wing, hood pins, bucket seats and the T handle Hurst shifter. I was in love with his car more than my sister liked him at the time.

@ScarlettFire341 Год назад

side note trivia - THOSE original "T" shifters had NO 4 speed pattern on them and the newer replacement ones ALL the 4 Speed Pattern on them

@stormyc88 5 месяцев назад

Definitely look forward to a c body four speed video

@rolfekurtyka-realestateexa6078 Год назад

Tony is an incredible historian.

@HarleyHawk1 Год назад

Very neat. My favorite shifter still to this day is the Hurst T handle in our GTO with a Muncie 4 speed. Those are quality and work great with the close ratio gears

@billosborne8329 Год назад

Your video brings back great memories. I had a 70 GTX with pistol grip. You are 100% correct a power shift to third was pure luck. I remember writing to Hurst to complain. If my memory serves me right they recommended the Competition Plus shifter. Enjoy your videos.

@briansd2772 Год назад

I bought my first MoPar because it had this shifter; a Hemi Orange '71 Charger R/T.

@matthewschneider2089 Год назад

Dude!! Never driven one or road in one. But someday!!! Until you described the realism of the muscle car era!!! Thanks!!! Lol!!✌️

@Imnotyourdoormat Год назад

If a particular driver liked to ride with his hand on the shifter after making his gear selection like most gearheads, that added length drastically increased prying-leverage prematurely wearing the shifting sliders out inside the transmission...

@aaronhutchins1545 Год назад

My 2010 Challenger SRT8 has a 'pistol grip' shifter, but it's not like the original pistol grip, still shifts nice.

@johnyb6424 Год назад

Tony! Please do a comprehensive 340 video!!! The facts the lore the street stories.. stock vs not stock. How to get out of. 68-71 bs 72-73… and how to get the most out of a stock 73. :). Thanks !

@slicksnewonenow Год назад

Hiya Tony, hi Gang- Don't forget the ultra rare Pont-a-Mousson 4 Speed that was supposed to be available in the 1960 Chrysler 300... Apparently only a dozen were sold that way! Cheers 😁

@chrisduda1974rr Год назад

My 74 road runner as ive come to find out was a home made race car. Custome deep sump oil pan kinda like you made for the slant 6 and a B body A833 with a custome relocation bracket for the hurst shifter that moved it back and up where the E body mount would be. Has a short throw 8" Hurst straigh shifter. The more inwatch your videos the more the weird things i find on this car make sense

@notajp Год назад

My old Challenger had the Hurst pistol grip shifter. Loved that thing! Was originally a 340 car but had a 383 when I got it. Had the 3:73 Sure Grip too.

@hulkvtx1 Год назад

So glad you're going to show the c bodies some love. Have a 68 dodge polara 500 vert with factory 440 that I've been thinking about doing a manual swap. Good stuff Unc

@nhra7110 Год назад

Love it! Most iconic shifter in history!

@stevefairchild3337 11 месяцев назад

Great video. I own a 1974 satellite, rr clone with the 340.. when I bought the car it had a 727 auto. I wanted a manual, so in one of the old mopar muscle mags, there was an outfit offering a complete 5 speed kit bell to rear. Shifter option was the pistol grip, so he'll yes I got it with the shifter...fitment was great. Shifting is smooth under regular conditions, try the speed shift not so much, first to second was good , then that trying to jam that bitch into third most time no way, ya leave the stress out, then shove the shifter ahead viola third. It's just sorta neat that you mention 2 to 3 shift.... thanks man.

@harvestblades Год назад

Iconic!

@Mr.Avuncular Год назад

My72 charger had a tall pistol grip shifter with the bench seat loved that car man!!

@kevinmccarthy3379 11 месяцев назад

I wish you would do an episode explaining witch cars are the A bodies,which are the B bodies,E bodies,C bodies etc.

@kurtisskoog5874 Год назад

In 1981 I bought my first car, a 72 Roadrunner with a pistol grip. Hated the shifter until I took it apart and cleaned/greased the shifter mechanism. Worked great after that.

@ChefLaRue Год назад

My first car was a ‘70 Roadrunner full bench seat (no buddy seat) with what I believed later was the longest of all the pistol grips. Can’t say for certain but somewhere in the 16” range wouldn’t surprise me. This other one you’re mentioning as longer is completely foreign to me and I’ve had about 35 Mopars over the years.

@benpluta6187 Год назад

Waaaay back i was looking at at a 65 plymouth fury 4 dr for sale, it screamed grandpa's car. Blue and original hubcaps. Ill never forget the white ball and chrome shifter towering out of the front seat hump. It was for sale 3 grand, mind you i was driving a 72 chrysler newport for a few years ar the time and only paid two hundred dollars for it. I didnt have the money for it, but I wonder where is it now.

@jamesblair9614 Год назад

The Mopar Pistol Grip, muy macho! I don't remember ever hearing the Ford or GM guys trash talking it, I suspect they wished they had something like it.

@xlmi7021 Год назад

The pistol grip is the coolest shifter.....ever!

@bigdaddytwingirls Год назад

Funny, I can almost hear that rattle as you were talking about it, my grandpa had one in his old dodge truck lol

@tarouyamada2686 Год назад

Vanishing Point, one of the few details that jump to mind when I think of it :D It cemented the Challenger as my favourite American car (followed close by the Mercury Cougar XR-7 '68)

@clembob8004 Год назад

Maybe it didn't come stock this way, but back in the day a high school buddy had a 71 340 Duster with the short E-Body style pistol grip shifter. And as I recall it was a bench seat car.

@Buffrt66 Год назад

I loved those so much in the 70's, I put a carbon fiber handled one in my 73 CAMARO. On a TKO 600 Tremec 5 speed with a short throw lightning bonett. It had a hefty price on it too.

@randysinger2673 Год назад

You nailed it on the 6ft guy and a Short Guy, My Buddy back in school had 70 T/A Cuda Hitting 2nd gear when he hammered on it was always a problem for him, he was about 5' 4" and know that i watched the rest of the Video, makes me wonder if the car had the right shifter, was a automatic from the factory and was changed to the 4 speed shortly after it was new

@rctopfueler2841 Год назад

my 62 biscayne had a standard curved hurst handle turned around it worked awsome but a ramrod with a t handle that is a shifter indestructable

@Merylstreep1949 Год назад

Great video Uncle Tony! I would love to see a video on the evolution of the Mopar cold air induction, from the 64 cars thru the 73 cars. That would be very appreciated! Thanks!!p.s. the 70 Air Grabber is my favorite in the bad ass department but I'd have to say the shaker hoods and the superbee hood is super cool too

@jdsharp1366 Год назад

In 70 Dad bought a Road Runner had a 383, it was rally red, white interior, round gauge package, cowl hood with 383 and turn indicator lights you could see through windshield, I remember because he'd set me on his lap I was 4 in 70 i'd grab the key put in the ignition and start her up, I still remember the feel of the shape of the ignition while turning it, because it had power steering I got real early driving lessons, could turn the wheel hand over hand no problem just couldn't reach the pedals, I loved that car, had wild dreams that it was mine at 16, a few months after I turned 7 he sold it, man was I mad, no more meep meep. Any way I was looking up info on 70 Road Runners and found out that in 70 Road runners were assembled in St.Louis at the Fenton plant, we live across the river in IL and Dad worked for Illinois Central RR and he may have hauled that car to the yard where new vehicles from the St.Louis auto plants were brought across the river , new crew put on then offload new cars. Wish I could find out some way if that car is still out there, I know who he sold it to back then but the guy had a leadfoot, blew up the tranny about 9 months after he bought it.

@andrewturek1 Год назад

Just an observation Tony. The shifter mount is on the extension housing and not the tail shaft. (Aussie watcher here) Check with Kiwi. Respect.

@tims72demon Год назад

I have the A833 with a bracket to put the shifter 1/2 way between the 2 mounting pads. Fits perfect in my 72 Demon.

@TheopolisQSmith Год назад

I has a 66 Plymouth Fury III with a 383 and the New Process four speed. Loosest shifter I ever owned.

@yendor86 Год назад

Great video 👍🏽

@raykaufman7156 Год назад

I used to have a 71 Charger with a 383 that I swapped a 4 speed into. I put a Hurst V-gate shifter on it, with a round ball and lever release instead of the 2 finger trigger pull. It was a BLAST! Don't let anyone tell you you can't run those on the street.