... By any chance it is a Hurst 4 speed?
All 64 and 65 MOPARs used Hurst shifters. They are my favorites. Nice short throws, when in good shape, and a bolt on handle.
... By any chance it is a Hurst 4 speed?
Lucky dog. My 66 has a round handled Hurst but was retrofitted. Original Inland shifters were sloppy and often replaced. Brewer Performance has a adapter to bolt a Inland stick to a Hurst shifter. Obviously the reverse lockout doesn't work with the conversion.All 64 and 65 MOPARs used Hurst shifters. They are my favorites. Nice short throws, when in good shape, and a bolt on handle.
Had no Idea the 4 speeds all had them thanks for the info!All 64 and 65 MOPARs used Hurst shifters. They are my favorites. Nice short throws, when in good shape, and a bolt on handle.
Lucky dog. My 66 has a round handled Hurst but was retrofitted. Original Inland shifters were sloppy and often replaced. Brewer Performance has a adapter to bolt a Inland stick to a Hurst shifter. Obviously the reverse lockout doesn't work with the conversion.
By limited potential, I mean you'll never get a decent exhaust header on it unless you chop the car up.
Probably 2 or 317,000 looking at the seat.wow, never thought the question would have generated 3 pages worth of good conversation.
Regardless the car was gone that day before I got off work to go look at it. If the seller was legit, then it was a 17k mile one owner survivor, though the amount of duct tape on that seat makes me think that because the title is original, there'd be no saying if the clock rolled over, and it was realistically a 117k car.
No matter though. I asked more because I wanted to get peoples opinions on slant sixes backed with a 4 speed, and that i got.
Personally, i yanked my 225 outta my 65 Dart gt and swapped in a 360 (dressed up like a 273) and never looked back, but if i ended up grabbing this little bugger, i might have kept it quirky and run the 225, just to open the hood and have people scratch heads at the idea that an engine/trans combo like that was even available.
Thanks all.
-C
A slant six with a 4 spd like that could have a 3.09 first gear. I have the internals in my 68 RR 440. I should have gone with 3.73s because the car just rips through 1st with 4.10s....4 speeds cost more than automatics. It's false nomenclature when people refer to 4 speeds as "standards". There was never anything "standard" about a 4 speed and very few cars recieved them as default equipment.
The three speed has always been the "standard" from the around the 80s to back when cars first came into existence. Most people then preferred column back then because usually Junior was riding between mom and dad.
I have seen a lot of 3.23 with manual transmission. Remember the torque convertor of an auto has a torque multiplier property that direct drive manuals do not have. So a lower gear is needed for a manual transmission to take off stronger. However I have heard of 2.76 gears with a manual but they don't take off very confidently.
I thought 64-66 had a 3.09 1stIt wouldn't have a 3.09 if it was the original gearbox
I thought 64-66 had a 3.09 1st
Keep it and run it. Diod you know there are "perfomance oriented" /6 folks around? Ive seen holley 4 barrels on slants. I knew a feller who would swear that he can lay rubber for a city block with a 71 slant 6 valiant.