indian
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looking for some help, is the shifter handle the same for A body and B body with consel
4-speed shifter
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no it is not
indian...
your question has "several" components to it ...
1. ALL Chrysler "non-console" shifters were different from the "console" shifters for every model with a manual transmission from about 1965 through 1975.
2. Chrysler used shifters manufactured by the Inland Corporation for all console or non-console manual trans cars from about 1965 through 1968.
3. From 1969 through 1975, Chrysler used shifters manufactured by the Hurst Corporation in all their console and non-console cars.
4. B-body Chrysler shifters, both non-console and console cars, were longer (higher) than the same shifter in an A-body car primarily because B-body cars are bigger and have longer wheelbases than the A-body cars. because the interior space of the two cars was different, driver location was different.
so if you are wanting to install the "correct" shifter for your 4 speed mopar, you have three controlling variables: the year of the car; whether or not it has a console; and whether it is an A-body or B-body car.
one last point, the "pistol grip" shifter is ONLY correct for ALL 1970 and above B-body mopars. 1965 to 1968 Inland shifters used a gloss black plastic shifter knob; 1969 Hurst shifters for A-body AND B-body mopars used a "wood grain" shifter knob. Chrysler NEVER used a "white" shifter knob on any muscle car from 65 through about 1975. there might have been a few "odd ball" post-75 "mopars" that used a white knob for a 4 speed - but "post 73" mopars are not as popular as the earlier ones.
your question has "several" components to it ...
1. ALL Chrysler "non-console" shifters were different from the "console" shifters for every model with a manual transmission from about 1965 through 1975.
2. Chrysler used shifters manufactured by the Inland Corporation for all console or non-console manual trans cars from about 1965 through 1968.
3. From 1969 through 1975, Chrysler used shifters manufactured by the Hurst Corporation in all their console and non-console cars.
4. B-body Chrysler shifters, both non-console and console cars, were longer (higher) than the same shifter in an A-body car primarily because B-body cars are bigger and have longer wheelbases than the A-body cars. because the interior space of the two cars was different, driver location was different.
so if you are wanting to install the "correct" shifter for your 4 speed mopar, you have three controlling variables: the year of the car; whether or not it has a console; and whether it is an A-body or B-body car.
one last point, the "pistol grip" shifter is ONLY correct for ALL 1970 and above B-body mopars. 1965 to 1968 Inland shifters used a gloss black plastic shifter knob; 1969 Hurst shifters for A-body AND B-body mopars used a "wood grain" shifter knob. Chrysler NEVER used a "white" shifter knob on any muscle car from 65 through about 1975. there might have been a few "odd ball" post-75 "mopars" that used a white knob for a 4 speed - but "post 73" mopars are not as popular as the earlier ones.
indian
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hey thanks you guys for the info
64 and 65 A bodies had Hurst shifters, my 64 had the original white ball. A body Inland shifters were 66 and 67, avoid them if you are building a driver. Most 68 up Hurst shifter mechanisms are the same. The handles are different. Most all A body linkage to the trans is the same, even the Inland shifters.
what about bench or bucket seats ?
They are the same OEM.
the only distinction between mopar shifters has to do with whether the shifter is for a "console" or a "non-console" car. buckets seats equipped cars came without a console - the console was optional. if you ordered a 4 speed mopar AND the optional console, you automatically got the "console" designed shifter. but if you did not order the optional console BUT still had bucket seats, you got the "non-console" shifter. in some of the mopars, bucket seats were standard equipment and the bench seat was the option. in other models, the bench seat was the standard and the buckets were optional. the bottom line is, all shifters for either a "non-console" car OR a car with a "bench seat" are the same. a shifter for a "console" car WILL NOT fit in a car with JUST bucket seats or a car with a bench seat.
1968FormulaS340
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