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Re: [oletrucks] Shifters

To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Shifters
From: Alan Gingles <agingles@nucleus.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 22:01:58 -0700
TORODRVR@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Get a tilt column from a GM vehicle with auto trans, and adapt, modify,
> fabricate, etc. until it works. Also get the part of the shift linkage that
> pivots in the frame. This can be made to work by cutting and welding (at
> least it worked on my '62). If not, you can use Kugel shift linkage like I
> did on my '48 (not as cheap).
> 
> Mike Jensen
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959


I second this idea. I used the stock column shift setup that came on the
'77 Pontiac parts car I bought. I had to modify the pivot arm a bit, but
it works perfectly. The best part was it didn't cost me a cent. 

Alan Gingles
1948 Chevy 1314
http://www.nucleus.com/~agingles
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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