My New Shift Handle

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

11-07-2010, 12:57 PM

#11

nj07

2nd Gear Member

Join Date: Apr 2008

Location: florida

Posts: 434

Nice you did your own thing great job!

11-07-2010, 04:46 PM

#12

Root66

Thread Starter

Join Date: Feb 2010

Location: California

Posts: 36

Quote:

Originally Posted by bamawake

you made something that was functional for you

Yep, some (most) here can't seem to separate esthetics from ergonomics.

11-07-2010, 05:08 PM

#13

marcuskeeler

5th Gear Member

Join Date: Sep 2006

Posts: 3,401

Instead of holding onto the gear shifter when I'm driving, I tend to concentrate my grip on the wheel !

Looks nice though, no doubts there. I also think it might fit in better with the cabin if it were Black

11-07-2010, 05:42 PM

#14

kenthicken

4th Gear Member

Join Date: Aug 2006

Location: Los Angeles, California

Posts: 1,277

Despite my earlier comments on how "wrong" a Mopar shifter is in a Mustang, I will tell you there are companies who make carbon fiber inserts to replace the wood grain shifter inserts. I've also seen stainless steel and black as well. Other materials might make it fit in more with the interior on your 'Stang...

http://www.brewersperformance.com/pr...66-7RC&cat=214

Last edited by kenthicken; 11-08-2010 at 12:33 PM.

11-07-2010, 06:43 PM

#15

mk70ss

2nd Gear Member

Join Date: May 2010

Location: Tennessee

Posts: 320

I had a 70 RoadRunner 440 with a pistol grip shifter. Best feeling shifter ever made.

11-07-2010, 06:51 PM

#16

Norm Peterson

6th Gear Member

Join Date: Feb 2007

Location: state of confusion

Posts: 7,635

Quote:

Originally Posted by Root66

. . . this is absolutely the most natural-feeling shift grip going, the thumb rest is more comfortable than the the billet wannabe pistol grip handles.

And that is without doubt the best reason for doing it up. Whatever makes the car work better for you. There is no "one size fits all" in ergonomics.

Whether I'd make one exactly like it for myself doesn't matter; it's your willingness to cross marque boundaries that is to be respected from the traditional "hot rodder's" point of view. Neither Ford, nor Chevy, nor Chrysler, nor any other make you care to name holds a monopoly on having all the "best" details from everybody's point of view.

Norm