[C2] muncie shifter
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I am fairly sure sometime in 66 they went from a tail shaft mounted to a frame mounted shifter. if this is true what is the roundabout date this happened. second are the shifter bodies the same?
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There's a TSB #66-65 dated June 13, 1966. "All Corvettes produced after the date 3-21-66 are equipped with the crossmember mounted gear shift control assembly"
No mention of any change to the shifter itself.
No mention of any change to the shifter itself.
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That late into the year. So it would be safe to say a car built late Dec early Jan would have a tail shaft mounted shifter.
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I think the '64-'67 shifters are the same units; they just mount to different places. If you compare, say a '65 to a '67, they have the same mounting holes.
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The shifter is the same for all 64-67, whether it mounts to the trans or the frame. According to the Parts and Illustration Catalog, most of the shifter parts are all the same part numbers from 64 thru 81, and the frame mounting bracket is only applicable for 66 & 67.
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that's all I really wanted to know. thanks everyone
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I will say that I like my '67's frame mounted shifter. There was no need to do anything other than disconnect the rods from the shift levers to remove the transmission earlier this summer.