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Title: umm.. pistol grip goodness..
Post by: lazs2 on March 17, 2006, 06:50:35 PM

Just got home from shooting and fedex had left a package...

http://www.mopartsracing.com/parts/trans.html

The old Hurst pistol grip shifter handle and grip for mopars is being reproduced...

With a little grinding and fitting I got it to fit in the "Long" linkage of my richmund gear 6 speed transmission.   It is maybe an inch or so taller but feells like more.  It is as fun to use as I remember the old mopars cudas and such were.

lazs

Title: umm.. pistol grip goodness..
Post by: Masherbrum on March 17, 2006, 07:02:03 PM

Nice!

Karaya

Title: umm.. pistol grip goodness..
Post by: Maverick on March 17, 2006, 09:54:24 PM

I remembner when those first came out on a production car. Dodge and Plymouth had them on their muscle cars. They were not considered "cool" by the car media or the "old school" hot rodders.  I thought they were pretty slick but never bought a car that used them.

Title: umm.. pistol grip goodness..
Post by: lazs2 on March 18, 2006, 09:58:33 AM

mav... yep.. lotta guys who used really weird shift knobs themselves avoided the mopar pistol grip... I liked the ones I got to drive back then but not enough to pay for one from mopar...  

It is funny tho how you find things that you didn't particularly care for are now "nostalgic"...  tastes change too.   The few people who have seen it all like it..  

lazs

Title: umm.. pistol grip goodness..
Post by: Sixpence on March 18, 2006, 10:42:06 AM

Had one in my superbee, thought it was the coolest thing I ever saw.

Title: umm.. pistol grip goodness..
Post by: john9001 on March 18, 2006, 10:50:31 AM

only one kind of a shifter knob for a hot rod, drill out a real 8 ball and mount it on the shifter.

and if your real hard core it will be a 8ball you "borrowed" from a pool hall.