Hurst Pro Matic shifter

rod7515 said
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Iron racer,
In the photo above you can see I have the shifter bolted down to the floor after spending lots of time taking the console in and out trying to position the shifter body so it was centered in the console and would shift thru all gears. I did not mount the console until after the shifter was welded into place using spacer adapters to get the correct height and position. I couldn’t be sure this would work until everything was put into a final position. I had to space the console up high enough to allow all the mechanical mechanisms clear the console plate. Believe me, I spent lots of time trying to get it right including making brackets for the console so I could get it into the correct location. My car did not have a console originally in it. In the end it worked out great and I think it looks fantastic in the car. It now shifts thru all the gears without issue but I still can’t say im in love with the shifter. I have put a hurst “T’” handle on it that includes a button for the line lock. It’s one of the reasons I want to keep the setup in the car. Hope this helps and if you have any other questions let me know.
Rod

Thank you Rod! YESSIR! I already foresee problems with the factory console, one of my main concern was that shifter feeding up and or not even fitting underneath. I read one post on B bodies only where the guy trimmed a little bit of the shifter another gentleman had to cut the little bucket out it's a little recessed for your shift indicator light bulb. I'm thinking I may remove that piece stash it safely inside the house somewhere and maybe make a little steel thing to go underneath it to hold the indicator in as I don't want to push her up that little cup there that's definitely hitting it that shoves the cable around. I'm also going to have to carefully grind off the factory brackets for the floor shifter because I don't want to just throw them in the trash but I think the best thing I've heard all day was the fact that you said to raise the console if I can just push that thing up a little bit that might solve a lot of my issues without having to fabricate and get really silly with it... although I spent two hours with a Dremel cutting one of the original seat nuts off the bottom of the car because I didn't want to just take its reminder to the stud for my tracks on the factory buckets.... if it would have been an old work truck or something like that, id just ziothat thing off of 30 seconds with the cordless Dewalt angle grinder. Definitely looks like I'm going to be tell him that console around that thing for a minute. My plan of action, after I do a little bit of sanding ,Rust encapsulation, and painting the floor, is Mark Stevens Point center line on the floor pan of the existing Factory shifter then I'm going to carefully grind through the spot Wells saving the factory shift for floor Mount brackets then I'm going to try to get the shift for plumbed up as level as possible while the car is as level as possible and maybe zip it down with a couple self-tapping hex heads... ? Does that sound like a viable start I've never put one in the car that had a factory console..