Posted By: Jolly_Raj_R
Pistol Grip Automatic options for A-body? - 08/13/08 06:27 AM
Hi folks.. I've been thinking of doing a pistol grip in my 67 Barracuda (A-904) when I put in the console and I'd like to get a feel for what options are out there.. So far as I can tell, we have
Gunslinger (not hip on the trigger, myself)
Harms (no pics on the website.. Scott Smith, can you post some?)
Duncan Motor Sports Shift-R-Arm and Shift-R-Gate
...Anyone else?
So far as I can tell, The Shift-R-Arm is the most complete because it will bolt in to replace the arm of the shifter.. Then I add whatever top piece I want (fits the common shifter threads).. But, the cost is starting to make this project a bit more of a "what I want for Christmas" sort of project..
I've also toyed with the idea of taking my $13 junkyard B&M Star Shifter and grafting a pistol grip shifter on it.. For shifting out of park, etc, I was figuring on installing 4-speed pedals and rigging up a switch to the clutch pedal which triggers a solenoid that pulls the linkage up.. (normally that part is controlled by a t-handle in front of the shifter)..
Any thoughts here? I doubt the star-shifter would fit the factory console without butchery so thats a last resort.. Its a ratchet-type shifter when pulled into a selection below low gear so that might also be awkward for when the shifter is mounted.. I don't know about what angles would work.. (I'd have to mock it up in wood or sheet metal or something..)
Thanks in advance..
Raj
67 Barracuda Coupe
Gunslinger (not hip on the trigger, myself)
Harms (no pics on the website.. Scott Smith, can you post some?)
Duncan Motor Sports Shift-R-Arm and Shift-R-Gate
...Anyone else?
So far as I can tell, The Shift-R-Arm is the most complete because it will bolt in to replace the arm of the shifter.. Then I add whatever top piece I want (fits the common shifter threads).. But, the cost is starting to make this project a bit more of a "what I want for Christmas" sort of project..
I've also toyed with the idea of taking my $13 junkyard B&M Star Shifter and grafting a pistol grip shifter on it.. For shifting out of park, etc, I was figuring on installing 4-speed pedals and rigging up a switch to the clutch pedal which triggers a solenoid that pulls the linkage up.. (normally that part is controlled by a t-handle in front of the shifter)..
Any thoughts here? I doubt the star-shifter would fit the factory console without butchery so thats a last resort.. Its a ratchet-type shifter when pulled into a selection below low gear so that might also be awkward for when the shifter is mounted.. I don't know about what angles would work.. (I'd have to mock it up in wood or sheet metal or something..)
Thanks in advance..
Raj
67 Barracuda Coupe