Hurst shifter handle
 

I put a Hurst shifter in my bench seat, 69 big block Nova project car. The chrome handle looks like a one size fits all piece. Does anyone know if there is a more correct shaped handle available?

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What shifter and install kit are you using ??? Crash

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Hurst Shifters 3916848 - Hurst Competition/Plus Shifter

It's the shifter they list for the bench seat Novas. There's nothing wrong with the shifter. I'm wondering if someone makes a stock looking handle, that is like what GM used in 69.

Here's a shot of the shifter.
http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/e...ps81b06a95.jpg

Here's a shot of a members Nova shifter. This is what I'm looking into.

http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/e...ps27fa665a.jpg

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Bill this is what you need to do.

Find an old shifter handle cut off the bottom and weld on the hurst bottom.

Just did it for Tom Williams a couple months ago.

The second shifter is the one he gave me to use as a template.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ps65866231.png
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...psa6986c47.png

Of coarse I had to grind my weld dowm.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ps46f5f296.png

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Thanks Jason. Great pictures/explanation. I thought maybe someone made the correct handle, like you can get for Chevelles. Ground-Up sells a Muncie handle that fits the Hurst shifter, but the Chevelle handle is straight at the bottom, so it's just a matter of cutting the bottom off, and drilling 2 holes.

I'll start looking for a Muncie Nova handle. I wonder how close the bench seat Chevelle handle is to a Nova handle. They're easy to find. I have the Hurst shifter handle, to use for the bottom. I just need the Muncie handle to graft it to.

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youd be better looking for a 67 camaro muncie shifter than a chevelle, the chevelle shifter has a bigger hook and will hit the dash on a power shift, and it looks out of place and huge...i built 5 Novas in a row in the late 90s and experimented a lot..the camaro one worked best

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I have done a bunch of the Muncie stick conversions and I just cut it off and drill the holes. I may have an extra Nova Bench Muncie stick as I have a bunch of Camaro Chevelle Nova Muncie shifters.


the 69-70 Nova used the 67-68 Camaro mount plate that you have but the 71-72 Nova used the Chevelle install kit with the 7773 mount plate and it locates the shifter higher on the trans.

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Don't know if this will help Bill but try DRCLASSICS. Here is the link:

https://www.drclassic.com/catalog/Ca...Z20028-M7.html

SAL

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Bill, take a look at this site. They have a few different handles. I have heated the handles up and bent them before. The chrome turns blue, but I have a Baldor polishing wheel that I can get the bluing off with. It works for me, but someone will probably argue about doing it that way.

http://www.spiderautomotive.com/hurststick.html

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Thanks a lot for all the ideas. I have some homework to to. It's not something I have to do right away. It's a simple switch to make, once I have the handle ready to go.