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I just received this 19 page Chevrolet dealer brochure and it has a term I've not heard before, "straight-line" shifting, which could be ordered as an option.
This makes me think of something like the Hurst Verti-Gate type shifter. Could it be an option that was planned but not offered by the time the '65's were introduced?
Appreciate any and all input.
Greg
I think it is just a marketing "euphemism" for the classic 4-speed shift pattern we all know and love...
Sort of like the Nu-Matic Hydrostatic windshield washer pump in a C1.....there's a mouthful...
Hurst shifter and I guess the shifters in the C-2's were spring loaded towards 3rd and 4th gear. Unlike regular floor shifters in cars where you had to make a determined move to shift from 2nd to 3rd gear, with the spring loaded shifter as you went from 2nd to 3rd the spring added to the movement so that you went to 3rd and not back into 1st gear. Next time in your car push forward easy from 2nd going into 3rd (without pushing towards 3rd) and it feels like the shifter is going in a straight line
I was under the assumption that the C2 4 speed shifters were all the same. But this brochure seems to be offering something new for '65.
(I am completely familiar with the spring loaded gate)
Greg
Being that the shifter on the '64 was the same, the word "new" is a little perplexing;, unless, of course, it was also "new" in '64 and the '65 ad was just coat tailing the '64. Perhaps they really meant to say: "straight line racing".....
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Last edited by Dan Hampton; 01-14-2019 at 05:27 PM.
A little more research found this explanation over at the National Corvette Museum's site:
Transmissions: The Sting Ray line-up of transmissions lets you gear up to just the kind of driving that suits you best. The proven 3-Speed manual transmission is the standard gearbox. You can order the smooth and easyPowerglide with a new straight-line shift pattern for more direct shift selection if you prefer. Or specify a 4-Speed manual transmission for a wider selection of manual gears. All are floor-mounted with shift levers in the console. The 4-Speed has a lockout to help prevent inadvertent shifting to reverse gear. Check the power team chart for the availability of the engine and transmission combinations.
Now it makes sense. The brochure is a little unclear, made it sound like this shifter was offered on the manual trans rather than the automatic.
[QUOTE=Greg;1598685248]A little more research found this explanation over at the National Corvette Museum's site:
Transmissions: The Sting Ray line-up of transmissions lets you gear up to just the kind of driving that suits you best. The proven 3-Speed manual transmission is the standard gearbox. You can order the smooth and easyPowerglide with a new straight-line shift pattern for more direct shift selection if you prefer. Or specify a 4-Speed manual transmission for a wider selection of manual gears. All are floor-mounted with shift levers in the console. The 4-Speed has a lockout to help prevent inadvertent shifting to reverse gear. Check the power team chart for the availability of the engine and transmission combinations.
Now it makes sense. The brochure is a little unclear, made it sound like this shifter was offered on the manual trans rather than the automat
There you go, Greg. Those earlier AT shifters had a partial gate.
That's what I thought it was for the automatic not a 4-speed. Think that's what they meant when it said it could be ordered with a straight line shifter as the standard was a 3-speed.
01-14-2019, 02:59 PM
Unfamiliar Terminology?
