tbar auto

yeprat1 · Post by **yeprat1** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:38 pm

has anybody on here got a tbar auto with a bench seat would like to see how much room there is and what shifter to run any pics

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:09 am

ancient shots of mine....

Plenty of room I find.

Sammy · Post by **Sammy** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:38 pm

well mines not a bench seat car but i have a b&m shifter in my car, its pretty handy cause it can be located anywhere that suits, and thats because it has a flexable shaft to work the gearbox ... if mounting location is your problem with the bench seat look at something like this!

FCOV6 · Post by **FCOV6** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:59 pm

Nice neat little console there austmod, is it out of a trana or gemmy ?

yeprat1 · Post by **yeprat1** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:40 pm

i think i will go a b&m style shifter looks quite good and plenty of room by the looks of it

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:27 pm

If you want even more room, go column...

Lokar are another shifter to look at. Not cheap but come in varying sizes and have a very small base.

yeprat1 · Post by **yeprat1** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:48 am

i was gonna go column but i think it would be easier to go with the floor shiftr .i like the aftermarket shifters just dont like how alot of them a plastic surrounds doesnt really match in with a 60s model car

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:43 am

That's the same reason I'm wanting to go with column shift with 307/T350.

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:52 pm

Lokar have no plastic. You run a boot about 100-150mm in diameter, they come cable or linkage.

http://www.lokar.com/interior_pages/shifters_knobs.htm

This is in my mates 32, its a Lokar... As you can see very simple and doesn't look out of place.

Post by **Blacky** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:09 pm

Thats the same as the one I put in the wifes EK - very good quality unit.

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:39 pm

but will the lokar shifters go onto the trimatic boxes

yeprat1 · Post by **yeprat1** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:48 pm

yeh i like the look of the lokar might ring rocket get a bit of info

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:21 pm

Can't see why not. I'm pretty sure you could get or make an adaptor if it doesn't. Probably find B&M stuff fits Lokar. Hopefully these questions can be answered by Rocket.

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:27 pm

floor mount but the little i did read says linkage, B&M stuff is cable and then you buy a kit to fit to trimatic, if they do a cable one there'de be no dramas if not there'de be some fabrication, or maybe there is aftermarket brackets

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:07 pm

Going by the website they have cable ones, none for Trimatic (no real surpirse there) but the cable looks similar to a B&M. Although it does look like nothing morethan a simple bracket to attach it to the box.