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Shifter floor hump modification #1386672
02/13/13 12:37 AM
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My latest Swepty project....On my latest junk yard excursion, I snagged a fiberglass shifter hump out of a 1980 Dodge truck for $15. My truck was originally 3 on the tree, and a previous owner had cut a hole in the cover / floor and installed an aftermarket shifter. To get the aftermarket boot to cover the hole, it had to be bent in almost a 90* angle = this made the mobility of the boot very stiff, and would prematurely tear. So I took the junk yard hump, and trimmed , trimmed, trimmed, and trimmed a little more , until I got a close fit to my Sweptline transmission floor pan...fabbed up a few mounting brackets, and viola!! NOW... the last step is to replace the boot!! I think an A body boot will work , but I am not 100% sure. would anyone here know if this is the case, or does anyone have a source for a replacement boot for a late 70s early 80s Dodge truck? Thanks guys!!



Re: Shifter floor hump modification [Re: VanishingPt 2009] #1386673
02/13/13 01:08 AM
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I believe the A body boot is to short. Nice shifter. Looks like a late B body shifter.


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Re: Shifter floor hump modification [Re: 340SHORTY] #1386674
02/13/13 01:12 AM
02/13/13 01:12 AM
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I may have a boot from my 83. I'll check and see tomorrow.

Re: Shifter floor hump modification [Re: VanishingPt 2009] #1386675
02/13/13 03:23 AM
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If stump don't have one I do

Re: Shifter floor hump modification [Re: 76dodgeboy] #1386676
02/13/13 08:57 AM
02/13/13 08:57 AM
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Your install looks good. So you trims the old mounting edge off and used 90 deg. brackets to then tie to the floor? If so how did you tie the brackets to the fiberglass?

Nice job.


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Re: Shifter floor hump modification [Re: Robbins] #1386677
02/13/13 12:58 PM
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Fiberglass

Re: Shifter floor hump modification [Re: 76dodgeboy] #1386678
02/13/13 03:02 PM
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Do you have the adapter bracket that the shifter mounts to and then all of it mounts to the trans to use that boot properly?


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Re: Shifter floor hump modification [Re: 340SHORTY] #1386679
02/13/13 03:22 PM
02/13/13 03:22 PM
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Found it and ready to ship but I need an address.

Re: Shifter floor hump modification [Re: stumpy] #1386680
02/17/13 12:54 AM
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Boot on it's way.

Re: Shifter floor hump modification [Re: stumpy] #1386681
02/17/13 12:42 PM
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Thanks Stumpy !!!! I will continue the tradition !!!

Re: Shifter floor hump modification [Re: VanishingPt 2009] #1386682
02/26/13 07:42 PM
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