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Apr 12, 2011 | 08:19 AM

71FoMoCo

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Megashifter

Am thinking of putting a B&M Light Truck Megashifter in my 71 Shortbed Sport Custom... only concern is seat clearance. Does anyone know if it will fit without seat modification? It's auto on the column now, btw.

Apr 12, 2011 | 01:54 PM

Mike G

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I put a Hurst 2 pro-matic in my 65 and it fits fine, even allowing for moving the seat forward. Although, I can't imagine sitting any closer to the steering wheel in these...
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Apr 12, 2011 | 07:34 PM

Ziegelsteinfaust

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I believe it is cable operated so you just set it to where you want it.

On my truck I will be pirating parts from other things to make it work, and one of them is a cable operated shifter.

Apr 13, 2011 | 07:35 AM

68murc

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I put the standard MEGASHIFTER in my truck. I put the shifter in "1" then placed it on the floor so the handle was just ahead of the seat and marked/drilled the mounting holes. It works great. The handle is just a little taller than the top of the seat. The tricky part was routing the cable so it makes a nice curve going to the linkage on the trans.(no sharp bends)

Apr 13, 2011 | 10:10 PM

Ziegelsteinfaust

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They usually give you a 4 foot cable, and it is capable of a pretty tight radius.

They have a 5 and 6 footer if you need more.

Apr 14, 2011 | 06:11 PM

Danger_Dave

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what gets me is that, no matter what kind of fancy sporty shifter people install, it is still an automatic.

Apr 15, 2011 | 04:46 PM

JeffsF-250

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Originally Posted by Danger_Dave

what gets me is that, no matter what kind of fancy sporty shifter people install, it is still an automatic.

And? At some point I'll probably pull the column shift off of mine and put in the Z-Gate that's sitting on the shelf in my garage. I mean, why wouldn't I? After all, no matter what I do to it it's still a 40 year old pickup truck