70 chevelle factory hurst shifter?

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was a hurst shifter a factory option on a 70 chevelle? if so could you get it with either bench seat or bucket/console set up? i have seen round bar hurst shifters in them, but not sure if they came that way new? dennis

[Rick Cell]

Muncie that always locked up for 70
Chevelle bench or bucket.

[nuch_ss396]

This topic brings up a good point. Can anyone tell me why
"The General" would offer a Hurst shifter for the Camaro,
but not the Chevelle or Nova? Were the different design
teams in that much competition with each other that the
children wouldn't share with one another?

Another one of those issues was the hide away wipers.
Camaro & Nova had the wipers exposed, while the Chevelle
had them hidden behind the hood. Why not use the design
feature accross the entire product line?

Steve

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Cost.

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glad i found that out. the car belongs to a buddy of mine who is getting parts together for restoration. we are going to carlisle in a couple of weeks and were going to seach for a factory hurst. is there anything that can be done with the muncie shifter to improve it? thanks, dennis

[nuch_ss396]

Yeah,

Weld the Muncie handle to a Hurst shifter!
With the boot on, no one will know....

Steve

[William]

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This topic brings up a good point. Can anyone tell me why "The General" would offer a Hurst shifter for the Camaro, but not the Chevelle or Nova? Were the different design teams in that much competition with each other that the children wouldn't share with one another?

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One of the Muscle Car mags did an interview many years back with somebody that worked for Hurst. His comment to a similar question was that Hurst resisted being a large OEM supplier because it took the car built with a Hurst shifter out of the far more profitable aftermarket. There was little margin in supplying shifters to the big 3. Also some early 4-speeds were trouble-prone [Mopar] and typically the shifter unjustly got the blame. Hurst dumped Chrysler for several years because of this.

[nuch_ss396]

William,

An interesting point of view.
Steve

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I spoke to Campbell (head of the manufacturing plant in Warminster, PA) about this many years ago. He backs up what William said, and also told me why the factory supplied Hurst shifter were round stock vs. the aftermarket being flat stock - cost. GM would beat them up on cost, and wanted the cheaper round stock arms that could be bent vs. the flat stock arms that they burned out of plate. Interesting guy to talk to

[P.J.]

Only shifter I ever saw in 1970 chevelles were the Muncie shifters bench and council. If you want to go back in our archives you will find the correct numbers for the 70 chevelles as we discussed this topic at great lenghts.
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