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srsummers · 11-05-2008, 05:08 PM

Hello All!
I'm a newbie. I just bought a 65 short bed fleetside. It was origanally a manually transmisson and someone has put a turbo 350 in. They used a hurst shifter (a junkie one) that is mounted on the floor. I would like to put a bench seat back in the truck and need a new shifter. Could I use a stock colum out of a automatic truck? What if the donor truck was a powerglide and not a 350? Should I just get a new floor shifter and move it farther up the floor board? Ideas?

11-05-2008, 05:08 PM	#1
srsummers Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Phoenix Posts: 137	Converted Automatic Shifter issues Hello All! I'm a newbie. I just bought a 65 short bed fleetside. It was origanally a manually transmisson and someone has put a turbo 350 in. They used a hurst shifter (a junkie one) that is mounted on the floor. I would like to put a bench seat back in the truck and need a new shifter. Could I use a stock colum out of a automatic truck? What if the donor truck was a powerglide and not a 350? Should I just get a new floor shifter and move it farther up the floor board? Ideas?

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