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bench seats and aftermarket auto shifters
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10/28/13 09:40 PM
10/28/13 09:40 PM
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So. Burlington, Vt.
fast68plymouth
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i have had a set of Chevy Cavalier(yeh, i know) bucket seats in my heap since the mid-80's.
i had planned on taking my car off the track and just street driving it, and wanted a stock seat back in it.
my car is also a factory 4 speed car, so the plan was to put it back to a 4 speed/bench seat deal.
well, i have gotten another car to handle the street duty, and am thinking of keeping the Satellite more of a strip/maybe some street car.
i dont see myself spending the kind of $$$ required to make it a "reliable" 4 speed race car, so i'm leaning towards keeping it an auto.
i had the old auto shifter mounted between the bucket seats before, but with the bench seat thats going to have to change.
so......if you guys have some pics of how you installed your aftermarket auto shifter with your bench seats......lets see 'em.
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Re: bench seats and aftermarket auto shifters
[Re: jamesc]
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10/29/13 11:48 AM
10/29/13 11:48 AM
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Val-haul-ass... eventually
BradH
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Taking time off to work on my car
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Are you referring to your recent Phord purchase?
spill the beans brad does porter have a fox body?
Dude, have you ever met Dwayne? I'd say a more accurate description would be grizzly bear than fox. 
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Re: bench seats and aftermarket auto shifters
[Re: BradH]
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10/29/13 12:37 PM
10/29/13 12:37 PM
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communist bloc of new jersey
jamesc
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Are you referring to your recent Phord purchase?
spill the beans brad does porter have a fox body?
Dude, have you ever met Dwayne? I'd say a more accurate description would be grizzly bear than fox.
yea i've met him and while he might be good with engines i don't see any candlelight dinners in our future
just figured if you say he made a blue oval purchase to race i'm doubting it was a 68 ltd wagon and most likely would be a moosetwang
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Re: bench seats and aftermarket auto shifters
[Re: jamesc]
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10/29/13 12:46 PM
10/29/13 12:46 PM
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North of Detroit
HemiDart68
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unless you have long ape like arms, you need to get the shifter up and back towards you to make it work well and be comfortable. On a tube type mount.
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Re: bench seats and aftermarket auto shifters
[Re: jamesc]
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10/29/13 12:54 PM
10/29/13 12:54 PM
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Val-haul-ass... eventually
BradH
Taking time off to work on my car
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just figured if you say he made a blue oval purchase to race i'm doubting it was a 68 ltd wagon and most likely would be a moosetwang
I didn't say he made a Phord purchase to race, and if you re-read his post, neither did he.
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Re: bench seats and aftermarket auto shifters
[Re: Triple Threat]
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10/29/13 07:20 PM
10/29/13 07:20 PM
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Akron, Ohio U.S.A.
roadhazard
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Dwayne, your street car conversion has been going on about as long as Brad H's engine rebuild 
LMAO
 
Oh and Happy Birthday Dustin 
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Re: bench seats and aftermarket auto shifters
[Re: roadhazard]
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10/29/13 07:27 PM
10/29/13 07:27 PM
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Sydney,Australia
tex013
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Dwayne,
I use a hurst promatic 2 shifter with the longer "truck" arm
mounts easy on the floor in front of bench
Tex
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Re: bench seats and aftermarket auto shifters
[Re: tex013]
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10/29/13 08:32 PM
10/29/13 08:32 PM
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Canton, Ohio
Sport440
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Dwayne,
I use a hurst promatic 2 shifter with the longer "truck" arm
mounts easy on the floor in front of bench
Tex
The other pics look good, but I kind of like this idea. 
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Re: bench seats and aftermarket auto shifters
[Re: Whompin_Wedge]
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10/29/13 09:34 PM
10/29/13 09:34 PM
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Bama
Randy..
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On ours we just have a tubular mount that moves the shifter up and actually back onto the bench seat. Looks nice and works great. I don't have a picture on this computer though.
Casey
I did the same, only with flat stock, in a Z shape, shifter looked like it was just floating in mid air, look cool and was in easy reach.
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