day two shifters

[69 Post Sedan]

Anyone need a NOS Ram Rod shifter boot?

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[PxTx]

If I owned one I may feel differently about these boots. But being a fellow without one, I just don't really get excited about them. Poking a hole in a standard boot seems like a simple enough solution.

[Hemicolt]

500.00 wouldn't get me excited either..lol

[mr.4speed]

I'm saving mine for a full scholarship to stanford for my daughter in a few more years. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/scholar.gif[/img]

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mr.4speed</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes but in my opinion the hurst ram rod is a far superior shifter </div></div>
I disagree on this one. Hurst made better shifters by far over Mr Gasket but the Mr. Gasket Vertical Gate was noted in the day to be THE shifter to have. For every Hurst ram Rod sold, Mr Gasket sold 500 Vertical Gates-don't know the exact # but just making a point here.

I think it was Super Stock mag who did a comparison and it was hands down Mr. Gasket and also spoke with some credible speed shop owners from the day over the years and the return customer comments for the Vertical Gate style shifters was Mr Gasket.

Again this is personal preference.

[markjohnson]

I gotta agree. I think the Mr. Gasket straight-line shifter was the superior of the two.

[69 Post Sedan]

I have had two guys that rebuild shifters tell me that they prefer the Ram Rod over the V-Gate because the V-Gate would get hung up in between the gates. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

I've never used either one but may possibly put my Ram Rod in someday.

Kurt

[Hemicolt]

The V-gate is sloppy feeling, the Ram Rod is smoother and tighter. I think the reason is because of the simple design using less parts.


High sell numbers doesn't always mean better product. Even though I love the Vega, we all know the flaws that line carried. 1,966,157 total were sold.

[TheNovaMan]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mr.4speed</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes but in my opinion the hurst ram rod is a far superior shifter</div></div> +1 for sure! It has the distinct ergonomic advantage of always having the trigger the same distance from the T-handle, no matter which gear you're in.


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mr.4speed</div><div class="ubbcode-body">nice kurt! have you noticed that the very early ramrods have a flat blade chrome reverse stick and the late ones have a round black stick.</div></div> Interesting. I always figured the round reverse stick was the early one because it was welded and the flat stick was riveted, which seems like it would be cheaper to produce. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/confused.gif[/img]

[TheNovaMan]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mr.4speed</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i have a hurst catalog from 74 and it shows the round stick.
plus it seems that one out of every twenty or so on ebay has
the flat stick so leeds me to believe less available means earlier. </div></div> I have a saved search that I've been watching for the past few years, and my impression has been that there's really a fairly close balance of the two. If anything, I thought the flat reverse lever was maybe slightly more common, but I haven't actually been counting...