Re: Hurst Super Shifter 3...???
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11/13/14 04:27 PM
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Not an inline shifter or a rachet shifter. H pattern with L bracket and longer,larger rods.Used by most of the early pro stock drivers when they used the Hemi 4 spd incl Sox,Landy etc etc.Ram rod came later.They called them Super Shifter 1,2,3, came later.
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Re: Hurst Super Shifter 3...???
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11/13/14 05:13 PM
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This is a Super Shifter III mounted with the Supershifter install kit. It did require butchering the floor. If you don't want to cut the floor then mount it on the standard Competition Plus bracket. They never made a kit like this for the E body because the shifter is already high and rearward. When I bought a SuperShifter for a Cuda back in the early 70's I called Hurst and asked why there was no listing for an E body kit and they said just buy the tower and a 7" straight handle, no need for a kit. The kit was for A and B body cars that had the forward mounting point.
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Re: Hurst Super Shifter 3...???
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11/13/14 09:30 PM
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I have a Super Shifter in my AAR right now. It is not the III like pictured, but the lockout is just pushing down for reverse. It came with the kit that included long, straight rods and a big "S" bracket that moved it up and over. It would have required me to cut the the hump more to use it. I did not want to do that. I just used the OEM rods and levers and it works great. Best shifter I've ever had. I has a shorter throw and is very positive. Every time I drive my buddy's 4 speed Superbird, I want to break into a round of " Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream"!
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Re: Hurst Super Shifter 3...???
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11/16/14 08:17 PM
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I have the same SuperShifter II as Fastmark in my Barracuda. Uses stock ebody rods, levers, mount and boot. No cutting what so ever. Quote:
And also, is there any reason why these things are retarded prices on Ebay? Theres one, shifter only for $400. There's also a complete unit for $900, and another complete unit (though signed by someone famous, i forget) for $1300.
Since you won't need the bracket and rods anyway you can buy one out of any car. Mine started life in a vette and cost me $125 on ebay. The vette bracket and rods are somewhere in my garage. Anybody want them?
Last edited by GomangoCuda; 11/16/14 08:26 PM.
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Re: Hurst Super Shifter 3...???
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11/16/14 11:30 PM
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Here's a picture of the E-body Supershifter III that I use in my Savoy. It does not use the reverse lockout that most Supershifter units have and this is my second Supershifter that I have owned without the lockout. I really don't know when where or why they made them both ways but in either form they are a very nice H-pattern shifter At a weekend race once with time trials I made 26 passes without missing a shift So once you get it setup right with good linkage it's hard to beat. Gus
64 Plymouth Savoy 493 Indy EZ's by Nick at Compu-Flow 5-Speed Richmond faceplate Liberty box Dana 60
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Re: Hurst Super Shifter 3...???
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11/16/14 11:33 PM
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Here's a pic of the steel mounting bracket that I use with my Supershifter.
64 Plymouth Savoy 493 Indy EZ's by Nick at Compu-Flow 5-Speed Richmond faceplate Liberty box Dana 60
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Re: Hurst Super Shifter 3...???
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11/16/14 11:49 PM
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I ran a Hurst super shifter 3 on my 65 Olds 442. Very tight shifter. Those fat, straight rods really give you a positive feel. WAY tighter than a comp plus or stock pistol grip. You do have to cut the floor because the rods don't t have dog legs. Absolutely loved it and wish I'd never sold it. If I were building a 4 speed car I'd put one it it.
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Re: Hurst Super Shifter 3...???
[Re: fourgearsavoy]
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11/19/14 01:06 AM
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Which bracket did you use?
What about the mechanism is different than the comp plus?
Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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