@DDDenny mine is a side detent shifter. cable type. with 63 impala shift plate. Car is 6cyl powerglide. I just wanted a floor shifter.
Here is my old, slightly modified Hurst comp plus shifter. If you look closely, you will see where I cut the shifter arm at the base, laid it over to the right and welded it back together. Needed some extra leg room. The line lock button was in my parts stash, which now is my horn button.
The 1958 Impala stock interior, with a new 3 speed shifter from the factory. Plus, a small, custom "lit up" new tachometer purchased from a Army Surplus store in Bixby Knolls. No holes drilled in the dash, as we used the existing screws for the custom installation. Hello, One of the first things my brother did was to put on a white round ball on the 58 Impala shift lever. The white ball made it different than the stock black oval style tip. Plus, it was easier to grip when learning to shift and then learning to shift faster, as in “speed shifting.” The PRNDL area was already covered with an aluminum plate, so when the 3 speed transmission was used as stock, we all knew where the gears were. The one thing that happened over time was the conversion from the 3 speed transmission to the Stick Hydro we had installed at C&O Transmissions in Gardena/Torrance area of So Cal. Now, the sturdy, modified (automatic) Hydramatic transmission used the same white ball lever, but we had to learn the shifter arm movement for the selector gears. Talk about a theft deterrent… Jnaki The C&O Stick Hydro was the best modification we did for the 348 Impala to make it faster and quicker in the late night Cherry Avenue Drags high speed runs. The 58 Impala was fast from the beginning of our hot rod sedan cruising. But now, it was so fast off of the line to create an unbeatable lead down the dark empty roads. YRMV the only one in existence...
I found this Postal Jeep shifter at a swapmeet for $15.00. The trans it is hooked to is a 400 with a reversed manual valve body and it is gated perfect for that. I added a safety switch where it has to be in park for the starter to engage. It also has a reverse lockout where you have to depress the knob to go to reverse.
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