Hello all...I'm hoping someone can provide me with some 68 B Body shifter facts.
I have a 68 Charger built in April 68. I'm doing a 4-speed conversion from my console 7277 auto to an 18 spline 833 manual transmission. I will be retaining the console. I know that 68's made a change over from the Inland shifter to a Hurst shifter in early production...around April. I also realize that a console shifter is different than a non-console shifter.

Here's the issue...I recently purchased was was described as a B body 4-speed console shifter. Viewing the photos, I thought so too. Once received I did a little more investigation because the angles seem odd. Some aftermarket sites show replacement versions(that look like the one I bought) as fitting a 68 A body console car. Brewers shows an original 68 with a bend about 3 inches up and a second bend much further up. The item I bought has the first bend up about 6 inched with a second bend almost horizontal and angling towards the driver. The kicker is my Paul Herd restoration guide shows the one I have and makes a note that in early 68 the initial Hurst shifter for the Chargers was also interchangable with A bodies??? Is this true? Were there actually 3 different shifters for an early 1968 Charger? Any help would be appreciated. Steve

 

welcome n good luck I'm sure someone can help

 

welcome to the forum
not too sure if they were 3 different shifters
I can tell you that that shifter for your car should be the funky looking one right?
it first bends straight to the driver, then up at an angle

 

Hey Steve, Don't know much about shifters. Just wanted to say Hi and welcome to the forum... I'm sure several here can answer your questions about shifters... Also wanted to bring up a contese we have here each month.. Mopar of the Month... Be sure to check this out.... Each member gets a vote to select the winner....... Be sure to cast your vote.....

 

I have been looking for a picture of the unusual angled shifter that I had in my 68 Charger. It is not like most of the pics that show a tall slightly angled shifter. The one I had always attracted attention because of the right angle design. So far no one knows anything about this shifter until I just saw your post. It sounds similar to the one I had. Know of any pics or a description of the shifter?
jgh68charger/John

 

welcome to the forum,, not sure about the shifters

 

These pics are of the Hurst console shifter in a friends original '68 Hemi Charger R/T; he's the original owner and except for headers it's an all original survivor.

 

Mine definitely did not have the cue ball at the top. You grasped the shifter with your whole hand and it was horizontal as I recall. Maybe some day I will find a pic of what I had. I had the 2 barrel 383 engine and it was ordered at the dealer and optioned as per the build sheet at that time in 1968(summer).

 

Are you talking about the the shifter rod? Or the actual shifting mechanism bolted to the side of the trans???

 

There are plenty on Ebay. But they want a bit for them.