ck-ing Interest - 4 speed with console lower boot

[gtx6970]

Just bumping this back up.

I may have found a source for several NOS lower boots.

As it stands right now I could resell these at approx $100 to a max $125.

anyone interested? I have don't have an exact quanity avail yet. These just came to my attention this past weekend.

I may decide to go this route for now , if for nothing more than to exhaust all/any avail supply of all/any readily avail boots.
THEN depending on how sales goes from there decide to do a repop piece , or not

[resq302]

Just bumping this back up.

I may have found a source for several NOS lower boots.

As it stands right now I could resell these at approx $100 to a max $125.

anyone interested? I have don't have an exact quanity avail yet. These just came to my attention this past weekend.

I may decide to go this route for now , if for nothing more than to exhaust all/any avail supply of all/any readily avail boots.
THEN depending on how sales goes from there decide to do a repop piece , or not

Bill, if I had the money right now I would but with the holidays fast approaching as well as my daughters birthday on Dec. 19th, money right now is pretty much non existant.  But I am definitely interested in this piece should you repro it!

[Dans 68]

Just bumping this back up.

I may have found a source for several NOS lower boots.

As it stands right now I could resell these at approx $100 to a max $125.

anyone interested? I have don't have an exact quanity avail yet. These just came to my attention this past weekend.

I may decide to go this route for now , if for nothing more than to exhaust all/any avail supply of all/any readily avail boots.
THEN depending on how sales goes from there decide to do a repop piece , or not

Bill, if I had the money right now I would but with the holidays fast approaching as well as my daughters birthday on Dec. 19th, money right now is pretty much non existant.  But I am definitely interested in this piece should you repro it!

Ditto on the waiting until after the holidays, at least. I would also be interested if repro boots were made.

Dan

[bull]

Well, it's after the holidays. Any news on this project happening and/or the NOS score?

[CB]

 

[Dans 68]

So, CB, you just wake up?    I'm just turning in. Still Monday here.

Dan

[CB]

yep 8.45am
getting ready for work

[elacruze]

Me too me too!

[gtx6970]

So, just how much interest in these is there?
If they were avail today at $85 each ready to bolt on, would you buy one ?

Lets see a raise of hands

[bull]

So, just how much interest in these is there?
If they were avail today at $85 each ready to bolt on, would you buy one ?

Lets see a raise of hands

Sure. That is if there's some sort of warranty. Too many times have people here bought first-run stuff that fell apart on them within a few months.

At any rate, are you saying they are/will/can be built?

[Dans 68]

So, just how much interest in these is there?
If they were avail today at $85 each ready to bolt on, would you buy one ?

Lets see a raise of hands

If this is the one you are talking about (for my '68) I would be a definite yes.

Dan

[bull]

Dan, I believe that's the upper boot for a non-console car. The lower boots are pictured above.

[Dans 68]

Dan, I believe that's the upper boot for a non-console car. The lower boots are pictured above.

Well, all righty, then. The first photo shows my '68 and it's existing lower boot. The second one shows both the lower and upper. The third photos shows the area that the lower boot needs to cover/encompass. So Curtis, you are telling me that the boot currently installed as the lower boot is not correct? 

Now, upon looking at the Factory Service Manual for the '68, the lower boot I have is shown as correct for the Inland shifter. In the '69 Factory Service Manual the "other" one (the one in question that this thread is about) is shown as correct for the Hurst shifter. So, I have a '68, with a Hurst shifter modified for the Inland handle...which should I use? Did the '68's that came stock with a Hurst shifter have "my" lower boot, or the "69" lower boot?

Dan

[bull]

Well, now that you've got me double checking the book I can't honestly say I see any difference in the Inland console lower boot and the Inland non-console upper boot. Can you? Moreover, it looks like I was wrong in thinking that what he has pictured above will work for our application. I guess I was thinking of the lower boot at the bottom of the pic I posted below (which doesn't necessarily look right either).

And to answer your question, I would use what's correct for an Inland shifter, not Hurst.

[Dans 68]

I'm glad I'm not going completely bonkers.    The lower boot is unique to the Inland shifters (from what I have been able to determine) and not used on the Hurst shifters. I'm still searching for an answer to whether the late '68 Hurst shifter supplied cars had a different lower boot (under the console, that is). 

Dan

[bull]

I'm glad I'm not going completely bonkers.    The lower boot is unique to the Inland shifters (from what I have been able to determine) and not used on the Hurst shifters. I'm still searching for an answer to whether the late '68 Hurst shifter supplied cars had a different lower boot (under the console, that is).  

Dan

If that boot is unique to Inland then we're screwed because no one is going to bother reproducing it.

Ok, so one more thing. If I'm correctly combining your pictures with what's in the book, am I to understand there are actually three boots at work with the Inland? Or better said, a two-piece lower boot?

[Dans 68]

Yep. Do you want a photo or two of it? Got it in the garage.

Dan

[Dans 68]

Curtis,

Isn't this what you want? http://www.brewersperformance.com/proddetail.asp?prod=SB510. Looks to be the ticket.

Dan

[bull]

Yep. Do you want a photo or two of it? Got it in the garage.

Dan

If it's not a hassle. I was actually just looking at your thread with the pic below, but if you've got a pic of it out of the car I would definitely like to see that. I've never actually seen one to be honest. Mine is long gone...

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?topic=67810.0

[Dans 68]

I'll post some good shots of it tomorrow. 

Dan

[bull]

Curtis,

Isn't this what you want? http://www.brewersperformance.com/proddetail.asp?prod=SB510. Looks to be the ticket.

Dan

That's a non-console boot and I need the console version. But look what Brewer's lists for an under console boot 68-70 (for Hurst and N/A): http://www.brewersperformance.com/proddetail.asp?prod=SB481

[bull]

I'll post some good shots of it tomorrow. 

Dan

Thanks.

[Dans 68]

Curtis,

Isn't this what you want? http://www.brewersperformance.com/proddetail.asp?prod=SB510. Looks to be the ticket.

Dan

That's a non-console boot and I need the console version. But look what Brewer's lists for an under console boot (probably Hurst and N/A): http://www.brewersperformance.com/proddetail.asp?prod=SB481

I'm slightly puzzled...do you need the under console boot or the console boot? What I linked to is the boot that covers the shifter and attaches to the floor tunnel, is under the console, and should be the same part as used in a non-console '68 car.

Dan

Edit:

...But look what Brewer's lists for an under console boot 68-70 (for Hurst and N/A): http://www.brewersperformance.com/proddetail.asp?prod=SB481

Yep, and unavailable as of Feb 2010 according to their description, but same part number.

[bull]

Curtis,

Isn't this what you want? http://www.brewersperformance.com/proddetail.asp?prod=SB510. Looks to be the ticket.

Dan

That's a non-console boot and I need the console version. But look what Brewer's lists for an under console boot (probably Hurst and N/A): http://www.brewersperformance.com/proddetail.asp?prod=SB481

I'm slightly puzzled...do you need the under console boot or the console boot? What I linked to is the boot that covers the shifter and attaches to the floor tunnel, is under the console, and should be the same part as used in a non-console '68 car.

Dan

I have a new repro upper boot, or what the service manual calls the "Lever Boot" in that pic I posted. I don't have the lower boot (the portion that's below the 4-speed hump) but I do have the top half of the lower boot and it's shot. Let me rephrase using the service manual terminology; the manual lists a lower boot, an upper boot and a lever boot. I have the lever boot and the upper boot (which is shot) but no lower boot.

[Dans 68]

Curtis,

Isn't this what you want? http://www.brewersperformance.com/proddetail.asp?prod=SB510. Looks to be the ticket.

Dan

That's a non-console boot and I need the console version. But look what Brewer's lists for an under console boot (probably Hurst and N/A): http://www.brewersperformance.com/proddetail.asp?prod=SB481

I'm slightly puzzled...do you need the under console boot or the console boot? What I linked to is the boot that covers the shifter and attaches to the floor tunnel, is under the console, and should be the same part as used in a non-console '68 car.

Dan

I have a new repro upper boot, or what the service manual calls the "Lever Boot" in that pic I posted. I don't have the lower boot (the portion that's below the 4-speed hump) but I do have the top half of the lower boot and it's shot. Let me rephrase using the service manual terminology; the manual lists a lower boot, an upper boot and a lever boot. I have the lever boot and the upper boot (which is shot) but no lower boot.

All right. Going by your definitions the lower boot (Inland Shifter specific) is not being reproduced (I have never seen it). The upper boot is what I linked to above. The lever boot is also available (http://www.megapartsusa.com/proddetail.asp?prod=183-SB454).

Dan