70 chevelle factory hurst shifter?

[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.