That HURST Shifter Thread

New to the thread, but love the Hurst SyncroLoc 3 speed for my 55 Ford with the Borg Warner R10 Overdrive. I have been using it for the past few years... I found a good T85/R11 this year along with an NOS Hurst SyncroLoc 3 speed kit for the transmission... I.am.stoked.

Hurst Syncro Lock Shifter for T85 R11 by danman55 posted Jul 8, 2021 at 6:53 AM

Hurst Syncro Lock Shifter Bracket hardware for T85 R11 by danman55 posted Jul 8, 2021 at 6:53 AM

Hurst T85 Box and Number by danman55 posted Apr 22, 2021 at 7:22 AM

Hurst T85 Instruction Sheet by danman55 posted Apr 22, 2021 at 7:22 AM

65775656078__F240C244-87DA-4B5C-889B-C980C8631AA2 by danman55 posted Nov 7, 2021 at 7:43 PM

 

Here is a slight custom bend on another big letter handle. As to this knob, a lot of people called that beer Philadelphia sewer water. Doug, in Pennsylvania we always said Schlitz will give you the ****z! Now I’m curious… what is the significance of a 4 dot Oley label?

 

Hope you guys don't mind me taking this thread off track a bit.
Bowie
At first I found it odd that you didn't know about the deal with Olympia beer bottle labels.
Apparently you were more studious while attending college out here, by the way, was that at Eugene, Corvallis, or other?
The Olympia label is fairly embedded in early 60's NW lore, at least a**** the beer drinking adolescents of the time, I actually missed it by a few years due to still being in grade school at the height of it.
Anyway, the labels could have, 1,2,3, or 4 dots on the back and from what I've heard it had something to do with what bottling line they came off of.
Nobody knows for sure who started it but these dots were to play a big roll in the ***ual maturing of the youth of the day in these parts.
You guys scan through the various internet posts linked below about it but basically a 4 dot label meant you had top bragging rights about your "backseat" exploits with your pals.

https://www.google.com/search?q=oly...AEDwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#cobssid=s

 

Ferchristsake @DDDenny !! I hope you mean bragging TO your pals, NOT "backseat" exploits WITH your pals! Semantics, it's always semantics!

 

The Oly label dots:
1 dot = 1st base
2 dots= 2nd base
3 dots= 3rd base
4 dots= HOME RUN!!

 

I see what you did there!


From another Hurst shifter thread.


https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/hurst-shifter-funk.1107028/

 

Ivory Handle they were made not in your head...

1Nimrod

 

Don't think we'll be hearing from George again.

 

One I own older Hurst Mastershift.

1Nimrod

 

Another one I own older Hurst 3 sp. dual pattern with synchrolac.

1Nimrod

 

The Compe***ion Plus I pieced together for my M21.

 

A little display I made from a cut big letter stick. Also another hacked up one!

 

My first car, 30 Model A coup, was a stalled Chevy 265 install project I purchased for around $500. and got running my senior year in high school. It came with the Hurst Synchro Lock and Yo-Yo kn ob on the Chevy 3 speed. Ended up buying a 270 HP Corvett engine with dual quads and a cracked block for a couple hundred bucks. Bought a junkyard 283, stripped it, gave it a quick hone job, and swapped over all the Vette engine parts. Ran great but got tired of shelling out the 3 speed drum synchro, (replacements were $18. at the time). Bought a T-10, equipped it with a Compe***ion Plus shifter and long stick you will see in the accompanying photo. I have kept that shifter, stick, and the junkyard old truck shift knob for 60 years. The stick and knob now reside in my Hi-boy 29 roadster. My touchstone to the past. As a side note, some time in the distant past, I had some issues with the Compe***ion Plus shifter mechanism. I contacted Hurst and they had me ship in in and they completely refurbished it to like new and shipped it back to me no charge. That really impressed me.