68 charger shifter

[cdr]

well I'M sure this has been done before but just wanted to show yall what I did to my shifter,wanted to keep the stock appearing shifter in my charger,but ,hate the way they shift through the gears,so I converted it to cable ,to get rid of all that funky linkage ,& ground a slot on the top side of the detent so when your in 1st gear you bump the shifter & it locks at 2nd gear,the push the button down & push forward & it locks at third gear when you let go of the button you can go to neutral, if in neutral you dont have to push button for drive just pull it back & it wont go past drive, works like an aftermarket shifter ,but better imo  thanx charlie keel

[cdr]

also had to weld a tab on the bottom of detent you can see in the pic  works great

[kab69440]

Very clever! I dig it! Did you buy a complete aftermarket shifter for the pieces to convert the stock one?

[cdr]

no stock shifter ,modified the detent latches on the slide of shifter,ordered a cable & trans bracket from jegs,& made the upper bracket,look at the 1st pic close & compare to a non modified shifter,i should have posted before & after pics to compare,but to late now lol

[Indygenerallee]

Sweet! I was thinking about doing the same thing because I have to mate the one in my 69 Daytona clone to my 5.7 Hemi 545RFE transmission, looks great!!

[cdr]

Sweet! I was thinking about doing the same thing because I have to mate the one in my 69 Daytona clone to my 5.7 Hemi 545RFE transmission, looks great!!

im putting an a518 overdrive out of a truck,it at the trans shop getting built,we gotta cut the bell housing off & putting a jwbell on it for b motor 496