column to floor shift on manual valve body valiant I just got

[jcarr210]

So I'm totally new here and I just picked up a 67 valiant with a built 340 and 727 with a manual valve body. Problem is its still a column shift and if i'm not careful I'll go right from 1st to 3rd. Is there a tried and true or recommended floor shifter that will work with the bench seat in my valiant. Thanks in advance.

 

[Bad Sport]

I have this in my Dart Sport with a bench seat.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/tac-70001b/overview/

 

[jcarr210]

That looks good man but how's the reach? I'm only asking because of the manual valve body I'll be shifting quite a bit.

 

[Bad Sport]

That looks good man but how's the reach? I'm only asking because of the manual valve body I'll be shifting quite a bit.

Not too bad, I do have a set of buckets and it will be moved back a bit when I put those in.

You could put it, or any shifter, on a pedestal and raise it up 3 or 4 inches, which might make it a bit better.

The one plus about it is, it is such a smooth operating shifter, that in of itself will help.

 

[jcarr210]

Yeah I never even thought about that. Thanks man i really appreciate it.

 

[1994redram]

I loved the star B&M star shifter I had in my 73 camaro. It was a "ratchet" shifter with reverse lockout. Impossible to screw that up while your playing around. My Th400 was full automatic so I didn't have to manually shift it everywhere. So that may get annoying having to ratchet back and forth through the gears.

 

[Bad Sport]

That's why I have the Cheetah, it's smooth operation. I'm going to full manual VB too.


Oh, and it has the button for the linelock built right in.

 

[jcarr210]

Yeah I heard nothing but good things about the cheetah but in the end i was just concerned about the reach since mines a manual valve body. I wound up picking up a hurst promatic 2 shifter for a truck. The handle is a little longer and curves back so I'm thinking if will end up close to where I want it. I'm installing it this weekend so we shall see.

 

[Bad Sport]

HA...That's what I took out in lieu of the Cheetah. I didn't care for it really, and my wife couldn't get it out of Park.

I figured I better cure that. If we ended up somewhere and I indulged in an adult beverage or 3, she had better be able to drive the car, lol.

 

[jcarr210]

Haha great...well if it sucks I'll return it and go with that cheetah that I read nothing but good things about

 

[Bad Sport]

Haha great...well if it sucks I'll return it and go with that cheetah that I read nothing but good things about

No, it's a good shifter, I just didn't care for it. Nothing wrong with them at all, they work well.

And the longer shifter handle on it will probably be the cat's meow. I just had the standard version.

There is a member here that modified his Cheetah and it now has a Pistol Grip shifter handle.

After seeing that, he got me thinking, I have an original Pistol Grip here. As if I don't have enough work to do on the car.

 

[jcarr210]

Yeah it never ends but that's part of the fun.