NP 205 shift lever question

[Mike C]

I bought one of the 73-87 shifters you show a picture of to put in my ‘86 K30 and it is completely different from the OEM ‘86 shifter which comes up much lower and bends towards the driver like your ‘70 only shifter. The longer, straight up shifter would not fit through the hole in my ‘86 so I just kept the shorter shifter.

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by BASE

This thread has been educational. I had no idea there were different variations of the 205 handle.

I have a SM465/NP205 I'm planning on putting in my '68 K10. Appears to have the squarebody shifter handle. Obviously not going to work with the hole for the rockwell that's in it now. Do you guys think I should just get a new hump and cut holes to match the squarebody arrangement? I really hadn't even considered it until I saw this thread.

Thanks. I think we should have named this thread “show me your lever” I would buy a 71-72 4 speed/4x4 high hump and a 71-72 shifter from the parts board if it was me. No cutting required this way.

Originally Posted by Mike C

I bought one of the 73-87 shifters you show a picture of to put in my ‘86 K30 and it is completely different from the OEM ‘86 shifter which comes up much lower and bends towards the driver like your ‘70 only shifter. The longer, straight up shifter would not fit through the hole in my ‘86 so I just kept the shorter shifter.

Interesting; that particular shifter came from an ‘89 K30 cab and chassis as did the 465/round pattern 205 that I used to show how the 71/72 shifter looks bolted up.
That truck didn’t have a removable high hump like a lot of the earlier squares I’ve messed with. My 69 K10 had a 205/465 swapped in it with the same shifter from an unknown year square body.