Posted By: moretork03
pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 05:19 PM
anyone know where to get a pistol grip for a automatic?
pistol grip for automatic
Posted By: WILD BILL
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 05:26 PM
Gunslinger 
Posted By: aarcuda
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 06:10 PM
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Gunslinger
thats what i have. looks and feels great!
Posted By: rrbrucea
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 06:18 PM
Posted By: 1_WILD_RT
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 06:33 PM
Or this one made by Playback Auto & sold by Resto Rick..
http://www.restorick.com/proddetail.asp?prod=AutoPistolGrip
The cool thing about this one is it has the grip angled like a four speed shifter unlike the one sold by Gunslinger which is straight in line with the shifter...
http://www.restorick.com/proddetail.asp?prod=AutoPistolGrip
The cool thing about this one is it has the grip angled like a four speed shifter unlike the one sold by Gunslinger which is straight in line with the shifter...
Posted By: WILD BILL
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 08:24 PM
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Or this one made by Playback Auto & sold by Resto Rick..
http://www.restorick.com/proddetail.asp?prod=AutoPistolGrip
The cool thing about this one is it has the grip angled like a four speed shifter unlike the one sold by Gunslinger which is straight in line with the shifter...
The down side (IMHO) is that you have to push the shifter down to release the gate. W/ a gunslinger there is a trigger for that.
All up to personal preference at this point.
Posted By: aarcuda
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 09:23 PM
the trigger rocks! but i wish it were angled
Posted By: WILD BILL
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 09:37 PM
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the trigger rocks! but i wish it were angled
Doesn't bother me
I don't drive that one
Posted By: moretork03
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 09:45 PM
I was hoping to find one for a aftermarket hurst shifter, I may have to modify one to fit I guess
Posted By: Airgrabber
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 09:55 PM
Posted By: DaytonaTurbo
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 09:58 PM
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the trigger rocks! but i wish it were angled
Yeah if they made one with the trigger and it was angled I would be all over that. I don't like the straight up design and I don't like the playback system where you have to push down on the entire shifter. Until they come out with one that has both, I'll stick with my stock T handle.
Posted By: 1_WILD_RT
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 10:14 PM
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the trigger rocks! but i wish it were angled
Yeah if they made one with the trigger and it was angled I would be all over that. I don't like the straight up design and I don't like the playback system where you have to push down on the entire shifter. Until they come out with one that has both, I'll stick with breaking & replacing my stock T handle every couple years.
Fixed it for ya!!
Posted By: DaytonaTurbo
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 10:32 PM
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the trigger rocks! but i wish it were angled
Yeah if they made one with the trigger and it was angled I would be all over that. I don't like the straight up design and I don't like the playback system where you have to push down on the entire shifter. Until they come out with one that has both, I'll stick with breaking & replacing my stock T handle every couple years.
Fixed it for ya!!
LOL, I still never figured out how anyone could be dumb enough to break the stock t-handle. The mechanisim moves pretty smoothly and can be pushed forward with one finger...
Posted By: WILD BILL
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 10:40 PM
I can break anything
Posted By: 1_WILD_RT
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/09/09 11:18 PM
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LOL, I still never figured out how anyone could be dumb enough to break the stock t-handle. The mechanisim moves pretty smoothly and can be pushed forward with one finger...
I never actually drove one with the t handle, all my stuff has always been 70 vintage & had the round wood grained ball... But every 71-73 that I parted out (Allot) always had a broken T handle...
I suspect the bigshot race driver is slamming the shifter like it's a four speed....
Posted By: DaytonaTurbo
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/10/09 12:14 AM
Lol, I know, just poking fun. I've been inside a lot of 73-74's in the yards and they've almost always had broken handles. I just don't understand it, the mechanisim moves so easy. Guys guys must really get excited! 
Posted By: Bobster
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/10/09 12:21 AM
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Lol, I know, just poking fun. I've been inside a lot of 73-74's in the yards and they've almost always had broken handles. I just don't understand it, the mechanisim moves so easy. Guys guys must really get excited!
Of course you're excited. You're drivin' a MOPAR, Baby!!!
Posted By: brads70
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/24/09 02:48 AM
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There's also the "Auto Grip" guy:
quapman@aol.com
His name is Steve Moore.
I have his shifter handle and love it! I like how it's angled forward! He make 2 different models one for 70 models and another for 71-74 Steve is a great guy to deal with too!
Posted By: old340dog
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/24/09 03:10 AM
Does Steve "Auto Grip Guy" have a web site? His is kind of cool looking shifter.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/24/09 04:58 PM
Ditto on the autogrip.
I can't find his webpage now but email him.
I can't find his webpage now but email him.
Posted By: terzmo
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/24/09 11:11 PM
got mine at duncan
Posted By: broncobra
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/25/09 10:08 PM
+1 on the Duncan. he also sells a bolt in plate that turns the stock shifter into a slapstick. It's all reversible if you want to go back to stock. Who is this Steve guy and his upgrade? A link would be nice. Just checked the Gunslinger site. His are slapstick stock on up. My 73 Charger broke the slapstick and it was not due to abuse of any kind. I also had an 87 Buick GN and that was the most worthless POS shifter ever. I mean it worked and all, but was just a flimsy design on a well crafted car. I never shifted it manually, and it seemed to break also from very light use.
Posted By: rss
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/25/09 10:54 PM
Pistol grips are for 4 speeds. 
Pistol grips for automatics is like some sort of strange pen!$ envy.
JMO but when I see one of those automatic pistol grips on a car I just think LAME!!!
Pistol grips for automatics is like some sort of strange pen!$ envy.
JMO but when I see one of those automatic pistol grips on a car I just think LAME!!!
Posted By: Quapman
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/25/09 11:04 PM
I have been very busy, the wife just had major surgery and AOL shut down my old website, so the new one is still under construction.
Auto-Grip has a tilt-forward design AND a trigger!
Auto-Grip pics can be seen here:
http://s449.photobucket.com/albums/qq215/quapman/Auto-Grip/
I'm currently out of chrome-plated 71-up units, but will sell "naked" ones at a discount. I have a few 70 style that are clear powder coated. They are shiny, but not like chrome.
I moved a few years ago and have not been able to find a good plater locally. Will be trying "Bright-Dip" anodizing for the next batch.
You can e-mail me directly at quapman@aol.com
Thanks and happy holidays!
Steve
Auto-Grip has a tilt-forward design AND a trigger!
Auto-Grip pics can be seen here:
http://s449.photobucket.com/albums/qq215/quapman/Auto-Grip/
I'm currently out of chrome-plated 71-up units, but will sell "naked" ones at a discount. I have a few 70 style that are clear powder coated. They are shiny, but not like chrome.
I moved a few years ago and have not been able to find a good plater locally. Will be trying "Bright-Dip" anodizing for the next batch.
You can e-mail me directly at quapman@aol.com
Thanks and happy holidays!
Steve
Posted By: broncobra
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/25/09 11:18 PM
While I totally agree with you, for the 66-70, they offer a much better asthetic to the car than the weenie push button stick offered from Ma. Seriously, that had to be one of the lamest shifters of all time, esp. for auto performance cars in the very height of performance car history. you can't blame us for our envy, when you got the sexy pistol grip! lol. The big bulb pushbutton does have a kind of dorky nostalgic look, but doesn't convey performance at all. The typewriter dash was much more macho.
Posted By: rss
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/25/09 11:56 PM
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you can't blame us for our envy, when you got the sexy pistol grip! lol.
Believe me, Iknow what pistol grip envy is like. Had it back in the late 80s when I was driving a very nice 71 Barracuda auto. Had to sell it and buy the ratty 4 speed Cuda that I currently have.
Posted By: broncobra
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/26/09 12:41 AM
I had a box of chrome bits in my garage, and I decided to clean them up, and when I got to the bottom, I found (and still have) a newspaper clipping from when I lived in Houston for a 1971 CUDA, 426 HEMI, balanced and blueprinted, dominators, tunnel rams documented $8300 parts. Quit racing, car & trailer, everything $5,000.00. I guess I bought my Buick GN because I didn't want to be working on something all the time. I don't remember. It doesn't say 4 speed, but it's enough to give me pistol grip envy, too. It's from around 1987 or so.
Posted By: terzmo
Re: pistol grip for automatic - 12/26/09 01:42 PM
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Pistol grips are for 4 speeds.
Pistol grips for automatics is like some sort of strange pen!$ envy.
JMO but when I see one of those automatic pistol grips on a car I just think LAME!!!
Opinions are like rearends...eveybody has one....some just stick out more than others....
