<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markjohnson</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It's interesting to know that Mr. Gasket had the first commercially available "straight-line" shifter and it won a prize at SEMA in the early Seventies when it debuted. The Hurst version was released about six months later. </div></div>
Mark, I have an article on the Ram Rod and from what I understand it was made years before but as you stated, it wasn't readily available until later on.
Below is a picture of my Ram Rod and boot.
Kurt
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