69 Chevy

So wear a glove.

Big Block 69

This is mine and it works for me.

http://s371.photobucket.com/albums/o...ers2008142.jpg

I'm sorry I can't get a picture to post correctly, but there is one in this link. I think it is the last pic.

Priya

I'd rather change the shifter to one with a plastic grip.

Priya

Thanks Big Block 69, that helps a lot. Did you shorten that shifter at all, or is that how it came from the E-body Mopar?

Big Block 69

I did not have to modify the stick in any way. It just bolted in place.
Someone previously posted that there is a difference in B-body shifters with or without a console. That may be true, I think I have heard that before. I bought my stick used at the Mopar Nationals several years ago. The person I got it from said it was from a 71 or 72 Road Runner. Except for the parking lights, they are basically the same car. I did not think to ask if it came from a car with a console or not.

Priya

Huh, doesn't look too tall to me. I'd have thought that was from a barracuda/challenger rather than a roadrunner. Again, thanks for posting.

MotorHead

No I bought it that way, when it was in an accident I had them paint "Cuda" on the side and remove the AAR, they did a real good job you couldn't tell the painted part from the decal stripe. The car was very fast for it's time but no radials, it would spin the N50 15's all the way down the block

Big Block 69

Only the 1970 Road Runner & Super Bee body types (B-bodies) had the really tall shifter. For 71 and up, it is much shorter.
I saw in a Mopar magazine recently that the handles are being reproduced. Not the shifter mechanisim, just the bolt-on stick. The prices seemed to be about the same as buying a used one at a swap meet.

Priya

Thanks to everyone who posted, you've been very helpful in helping me to make a decision and I've decided I will put a pistol grip shifter in my 79.

The only thing is my husband and I may choose to make my own rather than buying the one from Keisler for $285 and then possibly wanting to modify it. The keisler shifter has the 1/4" steel plate going though the handle and although the grips are carbon fiber that piece of metal joining the two will still be cold to the touch in the spring and fall. Hubby suggested we cut our own stick at the height I want and make a pistol grip tailored to my hand by filling a condom with body fill. I'll squeeze it until it gets hard (no jokes, please), remove the condom, add and sand away body fill until the grip feels just right, then we'll make a mold of it, fill it with fiberglass and bond it to the stick at the same time.

RobbSalzmann

Now THAT's how you make a custom pistol grip!

Dustup7T2

Ok. No jokes. No jokes. No jokes....

Be sure and post pics of the installation, when that project is ready. Good luck.

Priya

Thanks, Rob and Dustup.