Re: 4 speed center console
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03/20/18 05:06 PM
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Your best bet is finding a used or restored set up. This is a big $$ upgrade for these cars. You will likely spend $2-3K to get all of the correct parts for the conversion:
$150 for floor brackets $500-$800 for shifter handle $1000-$1500 for all console parts $100 for wiring
70 Road Runner 383-4 4 speed FJ5 & black guts 70 Charger R/T 440-4 4 speed FJ5 & white guts
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Re: 4 speed center console
[Re: Moneypit6]
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03/20/18 08:58 PM
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That's what I was afraid of. It may be the parts are kept separate to keep prices up. Still, seems like someone selling all components that fit together would have some sales! I think if someone pieced together a "complete" console the sticker shock from the price tag would make it a hard to sale item, your best off sourcing the parts, new/repro/used piece by piece... I pieced together my console set up with a combo of new and used, looking for the best pieces at the lowest prices I could find, I probably have no more than $500 in the complete console, I paid $25 for a complete Automatic console (sweet swapmeet score) that yielded me a nice console door, end plates, lights and luckily the wire harness was with it, I paid $150 for the 4spd plate as it had damaged top plates, they're just sheetmetal easily fabricated, everyone at the swapmeet passed on it, the chrome was very nice, easy score for me, the boot was repro, repro 4spd side carpet plate (the backing board for the carpet), repro wood grain decal, console brackets from and automatic car for like $20 at a swapmeet (my car was a column auto) a little elbow grease, paint, spray dye (console was F8 I guess nobody wanted it?) the shifter, that's a Keisler/TKO reproduction shifter on top of a TKO600 5 spd... but if you shop around you could find a new repro 70 console stick for $300 give or take a few bucks...the actual shifter box will cost you, depending on what you use, new, aftermarket, rebuilt, etc... So don't let the "high" price of the 70 4spd B body console get you down, spend some time looking around, otherwise open the wallet and dump about $2K on a complete repro console top to bottom here's my 70 Charger 4spd set up
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Re: 4 speed center console
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03/21/18 03:43 PM
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Thanks for the link.
Not sure I can get to the swap meets but I can try. It always seems like the swap meet thing has to be an obsession unless you are incredibly lucky and hit the right time. You never know.
It's a 4 speed car. I think the shifter is the same but levers are different length on the trans depending on your shift handle (length). You will only need the new shifter handle. Shifter assembly and rods are the same for console & non-console applications.
70 Road Runner 383-4 4 speed FJ5 & black guts 70 Charger R/T 440-4 4 speed FJ5 & white guts
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Re: 4 speed center console
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03/21/18 06:59 PM
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Don't forget the 4 speed only left side chrome trim.
1970 Dodge Charger R/T S.E.
1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 M-Code
1970 Dodge Charger 500 383/4-speed w/A.C.
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Re: 4 speed center console
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03/24/18 11:12 PM
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I was going to post an ebay link, but it is a link to Vans Auto. Lol.
1969 Dart GTS 340 1969 Super Bee X9 N-96 1969 Coronet R/T X9 N-96 2015 Dodge Dart GT 2019 Ram 2500 Big Horn. Looking for the original block for my Bee. The last 4 are 7449
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Re: 4 speed center console
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03/30/18 09:33 AM
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Yes the abody 4 spd console uses two rubber boots. The one on the floor hump is the same as non console. They just didn't get a chrome trim ring. That's what I remember if my memory serves me correctly.
Last edited by bennoel; 03/30/18 09:37 AM.
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