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50bomb · 03-27-2011, 02:31 PM

I was in the process of pulling my old steering column 3 on tree manual but I am low on funs so I thought about just leaving it there and put my th350 and maybe just use a floor lever. I want it to look right in the truck. Maybe kinda look like a standard on the floor look. Anyone got pictures of examples I could use? I have a 67 c10lwb

cdowns · 03-27-2011, 02:40 PM

lokar ****ers look great and work good too in these trucks if you look around you should b able to pick one up for around $200

50bomb · 03-27-2011, 02:59 PM

Lokar has good looking ones but to much. Actually I am looking for something That wouldnt cost so much like that. I am trying to look for something real cheap. If I was to buy a auto column I would not want to spent more than $100. I seen them online here and there for about that. If I go floor shift I buy the kit from like autozone or pep boys something like that. I just don't see myself spending that much for a floor shifter haha. Maybe I am just cheap? haha

GASoline71 · 03-27-2011, 03:03 PM

Ya get what ya pay for.

Hurst used to make a cool shifter that looked like a standard 4 on the floor. I think B&M makes one called the Uni-matic or somethingorother...

Gary

50bomb · 03-27-2011, 03:13 PM

Sometimes what you pay for cheap maybe great use. Or you pay to much and its crap? haha So i don't really go by that theory anymore

I just don't want to mess this truck up like past cars. Cutting the floor and screwing things up. I want to take it slow and do it right and make it my style but not get out of hand. But cool ideas guys. I am gonna look up both stuff you guys posted maybe I find something good. You guys got any "PICTURES"? I know we all like that?

bucketObolts · 03-27-2011, 03:40 PM

I have been eyeballing this one for my th350. Looks like an original manual shifter. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/LO...50AN/?rtype=10 Not 100 bucks but just a thought. I also included a pic of my B&M floorshifter I picked up for $120 at a swap meet and I later found the T-grip for like 8 or 9 bucks. Obviously my almost finished console isnt anywhere near stock but the shifter looks like it couldve been factory back in the day. The deals are out there but definitely not easy to find especially with all the yahoos on CL

oldblue1968chevy · 03-27-2011, 04:33 PM

Find a auto column used and clean it up?...Seems cheaper than a $200 shifter?

(joey) · 03-27-2011, 05:47 PM

how about one of these?

http://www.bmracing.com/PRODUCTS/Per...imatic-shifter

**Boog** · 03-27-2011, 05:57 PM

That one looks good. What does it run?

1low · 03-27-2011, 06:12 PM

I put that unimaitic in my jeep and i hate it if u look at it wrong it will jump out or in gear the first day my dog bumped it and took a ride after i jumped out. I did some fabin on it got it a little safer but its still a peice of crap. You been warned.

bucketObolts · 03-27-2011, 06:34 PM

^^^ The same thing happened to one of the guys at work. I like mine since you have to pull up on the shifter to shift gears. I didnt like it at first but now I wouldnt go back to the push button safety. No button looks cleaner and doesnt get jammed up

Hubscrub · 03-27-2011, 10:25 PM

yea my wife's tuck has a T handle cheap shifter in it you could fart on it and it move out of gear it's going to the scrap pile, Lokar is going in its place i would rather spend alittle move to have piece of mind.

50bomb · 03-27-2011, 10:41 PM

GEEZZ!!! Okay fine GASoline71 your right maybe you do get what you pay for haha. I have a ways to go still on the truck but just wanted ideas. We shall see. Cause if i am gonn pay I rather just get the whole column than have a floor shifter. I was just thinking of cheaper ways but I don't want to cut corners and cheat myself or die. GOTTA do it right the first time thats the goal for us all right?

bucketObolts · 03-27-2011, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 50bomb

GOTTA do it right the first time thats the goal for us all right?

thats the goal. Im tearing down my truck little by little which noone understands since it is almost done minus paint and a bed. But I know i cut a few corners and well, no better time than now to spend a little extra and do them right. If you really want a column shifter just keep saving for the column. No point in putting in a cheap floor shift just to have that on your list of things to change later on. I put mine on the floor cuz i have this big center console hiding my driveshaft tunnel and airvalves that only had switches and guages in it. The shifter kindof breaks up the big gray blob in the middle of the truck. Good Luck

barryvanhook · 03-28-2011, 01:34 AM

Here's a shot of a Lokar unit in my truck:

50bomb · 03-28-2011, 09:57 AM

Looks nice with the interior Barry THANKS!

profe56 · 03-29-2011, 02:08 AM

I've no pictures but I've been trying to make work a camaro shifter but the cable is to short, before I had manual trany on the floor and is to high I think is named Big hump
yesterday I was thinking about covering the floor with a piece of sheet metal to make it like low hump.

camaney · 03-29-2011, 03:28 PM

I used an 80s camaro with all the linkeage pay $15 at the junk/y.. fits like a glove

profe56 · 03-29-2011, 05:52 PM

OK Juan CAMANEY can I see pictures

camaney · 03-29-2011, 10:38 PM

Sorry I sold that 67 gmc truck couple weeks ago( got a ranger) cheaper on gas but still have my 70 chevy with auto column shift
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alsriv2 · 03-30-2011, 08:07 AM

Here are some pics of a Lokar floor shift in my '69 attached to a TH400 transmission.

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mixermike · 03-30-2011, 08:44 AM

here's mine. Lokar

03-27-2011, 02:31 PM	#1
50bomb Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hemet,Ca Posts: 1,502	Automatic On floor I was in the process of pulling my old steering column 3 on tree manual but I am low on funs so I thought about just leaving it there and put my th350 and maybe just use a floor lever. I want it to look right in the truck. Maybe kinda look like a standard on the floor look. Anyone got pictures of examples I could use? I have a 67 c10lwb Last edited by 50bomb; 03-27-2011 at 02:32 PM.

03-27-2011, 02:40 PM	#2
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: Automatic On floor lokar ****ers look great and work good too in these trucks if you look around you should b able to pick one up for around $200 __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

03-27-2011, 02:59 PM	#3
50bomb Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hemet,Ca Posts: 1,502	Re: Automatic On floor Lokar has good looking ones but to much. Actually I am looking for something That wouldnt cost so much like that. I am trying to look for something real cheap. If I was to buy a auto column I would not want to spent more than $100. I seen them online here and there for about that. If I go floor shift I buy the kit from like autozone or pep boys something like that. I just don't see myself spending that much for a floor shifter haha. Maybe I am just cheap? haha Last edited by 50bomb; 03-27-2011 at 03:03 PM.

03-27-2011, 03:13 PM	#5
50bomb Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hemet,Ca Posts: 1,502	Re: Automatic On floor Sometimes what you pay for cheap maybe great use. Or you pay to much and its crap? haha So i don't really go by that theory anymore I just don't want to mess this truck up like past cars. Cutting the floor and screwing things up. I want to take it slow and do it right and make it my style but not get out of hand. But cool ideas guys. I am gonna look up both stuff you guys posted maybe I find something good. You guys got any "PICTURES"? I know we all like that? Last edited by 50bomb; 03-27-2011 at 03:14 PM.

03-27-2011, 03:40 PM	#6
bucketObolts Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pequannock NJ Posts: 259	Re: Automatic On floor I have been eyeballing this one for my th350. Looks like an original manual shifter. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/LO...50AN/?rtype=10 Not 100 bucks but just a thought. I also included a pic of my B&M floorshifter I picked up for $120 at a swap meet and I later found the T-grip for like 8 or 9 bucks. Obviously my almost finished console isnt anywhere near stock but the shifter looks like it couldve been factory back in the day. The deals are out there but definitely not easy to find especially with all the yahoos on CL Attached Images

03-27-2011, 04:33 PM	#7
oldblue1968chevy Grandpa in the rustmobile... Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Spokane WA/Viola TN Posts: 11,422	Re: Automatic On floor Find a auto column used and clean it up?...Seems cheaper than a $200 shifter? __________________ John Goose-1968 C10 355,9.32-1CR, Vortec Heads ,262 voodoo, 3.73:1 3OTT (HS ride/beater/farm truck) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=317684 Grams 53-1953 Chevrolet Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post4327784 1969 Chevy C10 Shortbed 4.5/6?" Frame off resto http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=548136 1999 Toyota Tacoma 4x4

03-27-2011, 05:47 PM	#8
(joey) Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: halifax nova scotia Posts: 375	Re: Automatic On floor how about one of these? http://www.bmracing.com/PRODUCTS/Per...imatic-shifter __________________ check out my build (the start of a shaved,channeled,bagged 67 gmc with a 01 gmc frame and drivetrain) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=434253

03-27-2011, 05:57 PM	#9
Boog laying low Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Searcy, Ark. USA Posts: 13,113	Re: Automatic On floor That one looks good. What does it run? __________________ Boog 69 Chevy stepside, 358/T350, 4.11 posi, 4.5/4 drop, rallys, poboy driver primer is finer 91 Chevy sportside, Tahoe, Yukon & GMC Crewcab All GM..'nuff said. I stand for the flag and kneel at the cross

03-27-2011, 06:12 PM	#10
1low Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Moyie Springs ID. Posts: 160	Re: Automatic On floor I put that unimaitic in my jeep and i hate it if u look at it wrong it will jump out or in gear the first day my dog bumped it and took a ride after i jumped out. I did some fabin on it got it a little safer but its still a peice of crap. You been warned.

03-27-2011, 06:34 PM	#11
bucketObolts Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pequannock NJ Posts: 259	Re: Automatic On floor ^^^ The same thing happened to one of the guys at work. I like mine since you have to pull up on the shifter to shift gears. I didnt like it at first but now I wouldnt go back to the push button safety. No button looks cleaner and doesnt get jammed up

03-27-2011, 10:25 PM	#12
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: Automatic On floor yea my wife's tuck has a T handle cheap shifter in it you could fart on it and it move out of gear it's going to the scrap pile, Lokar is going in its place i would rather spend alittle move to have piece of mind. __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14

03-27-2011, 10:41 PM	#13
50bomb Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hemet,Ca Posts: 1,502	Re: Automatic On floor GEEZZ!!! Okay fine GASoline71 your right maybe you do get what you pay for haha. I have a ways to go still on the truck but just wanted ideas. We shall see. Cause if i am gonn pay I rather just get the whole column than have a floor shifter. I was just thinking of cheaper ways but I don't want to cut corners and cheat myself or die. GOTTA do it right the first time thats the goal for us all right? Last edited by 50bomb; 03-27-2011 at 10:42 PM.

03-28-2011, 01:34 AM	#15
barryvanhook Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 148	Re: Automatic On floor Here's a shot of a Lokar unit in my truck: Attached Images __________________ Barry L. Van Hook '69 Chevy Frankentruck

03-28-2011, 09:57 AM	#16
50bomb Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hemet,Ca Posts: 1,502	Re: Automatic On floor Looks nice with the interior Barry THANKS!

03-29-2011, 02:08 AM	#17
profe56 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Chula Vista California Posts: 526	Re: Automatic On floor I've no pictures but I've been trying to make work a camaro shifter but the cable is to short, before I had manual trany on the floor and is to high I think is named Big hump yesterday I was thinking about covering the floor with a piece of sheet metal to make it like low hump.



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03-29-2011, 03:28 PM	#18
camaney Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: sacramento california Posts: 201	Re: Automatic On floor I used an 80s camaro with all the linkeage pay $15 at the junk/y.. fits like a glove

03-29-2011, 05:52 PM	#19
profe56 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Chula Vista California Posts: 526	Re: Automatic On floor OK Juan CAMANEY can I see pictures

03-29-2011, 10:38 PM	#20
camaney Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: sacramento california Posts: 201	Re: Automatic On floor Sorry I sold that 67 gmc truck couple weeks ago( got a ranger) cheaper on gas but still have my 70 chevy with auto column shift Posted via Mobile Device

03-30-2011, 08:07 AM	#21
alsriv2 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Formerly MD and San Diego, now loving life in Arizona Posts: 1,636	Re: Automatic On floor Here are some pics of a Lokar floor shift in my '69 attached to a TH400 transmission. Al '69 GMC 2500 Custom Camper '69 Chevy C10 396 (engine in machine shop now)

03-30-2011, 08:44 AM	#22
mixermike Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Post Falls, Idaho Posts: 606	Re: Automatic On floor here's mine. Lokar

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