Antonio, what was in the truck when I bought it was a saginaw with a HURST 4
speed shifter, this is a straight stick but too short for a truck, and it
sat between the bucket seats that were in the cab. Older trucks(the 18 wheel
kind) had a rather short stick that left the knob and range select valve
aganst your knee, there are available at truck stops and chrome shops
extensions of diferent lengths and shapes i.e. 15, 30, 45 and 60 degree
bends in them, also there are short to long straight lengths. To thread onto
my HURST I had to get an adapter to go from I think it was 5/16 to 3/8 or
3/8 to 7/16 size threads, this was also available. Add the metallic amber
shift knob and the total cost was arround $30.00 (give or take). When I put
the bench seat back in the cab the shifter required a little adjustment in
the length of the shift rods to bring it to the front face of the bench, I
get all 4 gears and reverse with no problems
Perry Smith
58 GMC fleetside
58 Chevy stepside in a basket
Phoenix AZ
>From: "Antonio R. Tijerino" <antonio@innercite.com>
>To: "Perry Smith" <perigrinephalkon@hotmail.com>,
><oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Patrick's shifter
>Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 20:58:06 -0700
>
>Can you give more details?
>I really don't want to spend a whole lot of money for this. Do you have
>details on how you did this?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Antonio
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
>[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Perry Smith
>Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 8:36 PM
>To: antonio@innercite.com; oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Patrick's shifter
>
>
>Antonio, here in Phoenix it's called YOU DO IT TRUCK STUF, in the trucking
>industry gernerically it's called a chrome shop these shops specialize in
>just about everything you could ever dream of putting on an 18 wheel truck.
>They have shifter extensions of all sizes and shapes plus adapters so that
>they will thread onto the threads for the shift knob. This is how I
>extended
>the shifter on the saginaw in my 58 GMC, works great.
>Perry Smith
>58 GMC fleetside
>58 Chevy stepside in a basket
>Phoenix AZ
>
>
> >From: "Antonio R. Tijerino" <antonio@innercite.com>
> >Reply-To: "Antonio R. Tijerino" <antonio@innercite.com>
> >To: "Oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: [oletrucks] Patrick's shifter
> >Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 19:55:08 -0700
> >
> >I need to get a shifter for a Saginaw 4 speed that I just got for my '53
> >Chevy truck with a 6 cylinder 235 engine. The problem is that the
>original
> >shifter is too short and will sit just below the edge of the bench seat.
> >Patrick's has a nice shifter for this application, but I feel it is a bit
> >pricey; $259.95.
> >Does anybody on this list has a used one at a decent price?, or knows of
>a
> >way to use the original shifter and modify it to sit on the right place?
>or
> >maybe knows of more cheaper alternative?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Antonio,
> >'53 3100
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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