console shifter

has any used a "slap stick" in their A body??//had one in my RR and loved it..

i loved the one in my first challenger too. would love to see one in an A

oldkimmer does

Never thought about it but I bet it would mount up fairly easily. They both use pretty much the same linkage setup.

I don’t think I have a pic anywhere. I like it. All u use is the shifter assambly. Everything else is A body. The bracket to hold the rod that swivels back and forth u need to modify it. Right at the shifter bracket. It will only bolt to the bracket with 1 bolt. This is the A body bracket. Not sure if I slotted the hole or what I did. The throw is different also. So I drilled a hole in the bottom lever just inboard of the hole that is there. My lever is the straight 1. On a 727. The hook type 1 on a 904 may be right. Hope this helps. My car was a 4 gear car so it mounted perfectly flat. I don’t have a consol as this is a race car. Kim

oldkimmer said:

I don’t think I have a pic anywhere. I like it. All u use is the shifter assambly. Everything else is A body. The bracket to hold the rod that swivels back and forth u need to modify it. Right at the shifter bracket. It will only bolt to the bracket with 1 bolt. This is the A body bracket. Not sure if I slotted the hole or what I did. The throw is different also. So I drilled a hole in the bottom lever just inboard of the hole that is there. My lever is the straight 1. On a 727. The hook type 1 on a 904 may be right. Hope this helps. My car was a 4 gear car so it mounted perfectly flat. I don’t have a consol as this is a race car. Kim

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How far in did you drill the hole?

Just inside of the factory hole. There is maybe a 1/16th of an inch in between the holes. Kim

I am trying this very swap right now. So most of the day I was getting a slap stick to work in my 1974 360 duster factory console car. Here are my findings.

E-body z-bar to short to work from a Cuda.

But measured the distance on holes so I could use those findings on a 1968-9 a-body z-bar because the top bar is above the factory top bracket.

My 74 factory top bar is below this and has a curve so you can't drill a hole closer to the rod to give you the proper ratio for it to work. The older ones are flat bar no curve or up kick.

Here are the measurements

The top bar now measures 2.250" centre of rod to centre of linkage hole, on
top z-bar flat bar.

The bottom bar measures 3.65 centre of rod to centre of linkage hole stock no adjustment needed.

I used a slap stick from a 1978 charger/road runner.

Because a a-body shifter measures 2.00" throw Vs slapstick 1.60" throw you must shorten the swing of top bar. from 2.500" on the factory a-body z-bar to the 2.225" like on a cuda

Also the Cuda slapstick shifter shaft/ball was to short to fit the a-body console. T-handle was a no go as well.

But did you know that a 1978 charger/road runner has slap stick shifters as well on some models and is taller shaft/ball which fits nice.

Your shift indicator will show park nice but 1st gear looks closer to 2nd as throw is less than the factory one but I'm good with that having the slapstick.

I have not test drove car yet but it shifts nice and you hear the detent working in all spots. A small adjustment on the linkage was needed to make park and 1st line up at each end of the throw. I have solved my quest. Being that the shifter shaft is straight not curved like the factory one, it comes close to the console in park may even tap it.

We just got one installed in my 67 fastback. We relocated the the bracket that holds the rod on the shifter. Then tweaked the bends on the rod to make the ratio work without modifying the linkage to the transmission. We did clearance the front of the bracket.
Now we know it works we are going to weld the stock a-body handle on it so with the console you will never know.
But works great.

Awesome job. Kim