Hot Rods We have seen the shifter knobs - let's see the one off, homemade or modified shifter's

The three, four or five speed shiftier's. heck even the automatic shiftier's in your hot rods or customs, you gotta get the car in gear somehow.

The one in our Ranch Wagon is a modified handle to was originally in my old 63 1/2 Falcon Sprint and had laid under the work bench since the early 70's, I cot the shifting part off and adapted it to the T-5 transmission. HRP

 

When I was in the pre planning and mocking up stage I bent up some steel rod thinking it would be more utilitarian in nature but as the build progressed I new I was headed for more of a 60's style and opted for a traditional hot rod shiftier in keeping with the look. HRP

 

I used a WW2 bayonet for a shiftier in my T when I built it but I ended up changing it to a old sparkomatic just like this one.

 

I have a shifter for a transamatic automission; not really too sure what it was in originally however. Straight line P-R-N-D-2-1, has detents and a shifter knob button to keep it from going into park, reverse, or into forward gears from neutral. Bolts to the floor hump, but only the lever goes through the floorboard to the transmission rod (manual linkage), so you only need a "slice" of metal taken out. I'm thinking it was from a mail Jeep. How about squirrel's homemade shifter in his 62 Chevy II? Close enough to B & M's old zig-zag shifters used with the old Hydro's. HRP, you need to have your shifter "waxed". I am Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

Can’t see it too good in this pic... but it’s all I got. Here is the outside shifter on my T racer. Made up from Model T e-brake handles. One is a lever to hold the car in neutral and the other shifts the 2 speed rear axle. All reshaped and shortened prior to nickel plating, and topped off with a special made zebrawood shift knob stained to match the maroon upholstery

 

I wanted a long handle for the Hurst Comp. Plus shifter in my roadster but also a certain curve and offset to it, studied the Hurst replacement handle sheet and found an almost perfect handle, just needed to decrease the offset by about an inch.


Again, I wanted a certain handle shape for my Nova but to get it to come thru the console correctly the angle and offset required modifications, also had to roll the shifter ahead slightly by adding a new threaded bung to the mount (see photo).


This is a real rare one, the correct oem Muncie console shifter for my Nova.

 

I'll have to take a picture of the knob in my coupe. I'm using a 20s DB wheel hub and a specially bent handle to go around everything. Gene

 

I built this one for the MX tranny in my Mysterion clone. It bolts to a rear housing bolt and an external band girdle bolt. I just ground the end of a longer bolt to match the indexing stub on the girdle bolt. Even has a neutral start safety switch!

 

Back when we first got the channeled coupe, the Hurst lever was directly under your leg. In a shade tree version of what DD Denny did, I used a massive vise to perform a double bend surgery on it. Now it hugs the side of my leg perfectly:

 

No picture, because they are long gone, but, back in the day a friend took a 1950s Ford coloum shift and shortened it to about 6 inches. Made mounting brackets and bolted it to the back of the tranny. A little sloppy, but i could power shift mine & never miss a gear. Several Ford & Merc guys had them.
Ah, the good old days.............................

 

My 29 pickup.

 

I built a tall shifter assembly for my T-Bucket with a Turbo 350 transmission. The spring loaded gizmo on the passenger side is the reverse lock out assembly. There is a cable that runs to a knob on the floor by my left leg that I have to pull in order to get into reverse. I was running out of space under the car, so I installed a cable operated neutral safety switch behind my seat. I use an old cut glass house door knob for a shifter knob.

 

Man, you sit on the floor don't you. HRP

 

When I put the T5 tranny in my 51 pickup I bought a shifter off Ebay. Seller wasn't sure what it came off of, but thought it was probably a large truck. It was very long and had two bends (hard to see them both in the picture) so I cut the lever at the first bend (see the red arrow) and welded it to the Camaro T5 shifter (after converting it to a short throw).

The remaining lever was pefect, allowing it to form around the seat.

 

That reminds me of the shiftier that was in my falcon with the reverse lock out.

 

Bottom is an old Hurst, forget what the top shifter was. ( Every shifter need's a boot, right.)

 

Back about a year plus, I scored these (8 modular sections straight, 8 angled) online so I could build shift levers like an old Erector Set. I haven't gotten around to fabbing the mounting blocks for the lower ends and the male/female 3/8" reducers for the tops. I'm procrastinating a little bit because I can't figure out how to market the idea.
I know there will be some haters, but I have a hunch some are going to 'get' the humor and the possibilities. LOL

 

I made a custom gemstone shift knob for a customer and he sent me this photo. At first glance, I thought he used a threaded rod for the lever. But then I realized it has split loom. I have no idea what's under there. (?)

 

Now that is thinking out side the proverbial box. HRP

 

Oh, and forgot the one on my Willys. Used Mustang II shifter (those cars are very modular - contribute a lot to hot rodding - front ends, shifters, emergency brake levers . . . ). Wanted a Hurst look, not the funky stock T-handle. I made the ball knob to lift up to disengage the shift detents. I welded and filed new notches in the detent plate to match my 4-speed Hydro tranny.

 

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I've got to offset my shifter stick so I'm going to use idea similar to @Bass but I'm going to shape it up to match the diamond pattern on the stick. It should look like it was supposed to be a kit when it's all chromed up.

 

Excellent job. HRP

 

I really like this setup.

 

OK, I'll play.

Home-made floor shifter (wobbly stick) used to convert GM Holden grey motor 3-speed crashboxes (1948-1962) from 3-on-the-tree to floor shift:

Impala (local Aussie brand) inline floor shifter on same box:


Cheers,
Harv

 

The shift handle and knob in my coupe, along with the cup holder for good measure.
The cup holder used to have a foam ring around the inside so a pop can didn't rattle around. Then my wife decided it needed to be big enough for the supersized Micky D drinks. Then she decided she needed to have one of those 32 oz thermo cups that keeps cold thing cold for 24 hours or something like that. The shift handle was modified to clear her massive thermo cup, in either side of the holder. The handle does touch the monster cup in the driver side holder when its shifted into second gear (its in 2nd gear when the pic was taken), but clears everything in all the other gears. The trans is a 5 speed. Gene

 

I made up this one for my Model A with a SBC/3 spd/OD. Not many OD shifters out there and what I found were crappy so I made a Hurst 3 spd Competition Plus that I had lying around fit. Like someone else said they come up under your leg so I built in a little "relocation" too. Personally, I think building shift linkage, throttle linkage and mechanical clutch linkage is one of the most fun parts of building hot rods.

 

Those offset sticks are $$$. I looked for a while to find one used but, man, those are just as pricey.

Neat set-up. How much does that clear your leg, now, in 1-2?