rare shifters

i found a thread on here a while back that showed a 3-lever shifter for i think a 350 trans. it was out of some 1980's car if my memory serves me right. does anybody have any idea what they were called or were out of? i've been searching and searching and coming up with diddly-squat.

 

Do you mean a Hurst Lightning Rods Triple Shifter

 

found in '83/'84 Hurst/Olds Cutlass'. They're big money to the cutlass guys. Those cars had a 200R4.

 

Big money to the Cutlass guys? BIG MONEY PERIOD. It's ridiculous for something so hokey looking (JMHO). I guess they were going for the Lenco shifter look. Even the price of the Hurst Dual Gate/His and Her shifter, is out of sight. Time for Hurst to do some retooling and make a few runs of each. Hello Hurst..............................................are you listening? Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

"Olds" Hurst Lightning Rods came in the cars from the factory and installed in a console with a unique bracket.

Hurst also made aftermarket Lightning Rods shifters that were universal. They run around $1000 for unmolested sets usually....

Pretty easy to use once you get used to them and pretty hard to miss a gear... lol

 

Would love to have a set for my O/T Cutlass. Talked to the Hurst guys when I saw them in Louisville a few weeks ago. They don't even offer the rebuild service for lightning rods like they used to and have no plans to ever make them again.

feel free to P/M me if anyone has a set for the 200R4 for sale.

 

I Scored a unused set still in the original box a few years ago. These things are cool as.
People look in the car and scratch there head and say wtf followed by how/why

 

running one in my truck. my understanding is that there are two different ones. one for a 200r4 and one for a t350. the one for the t350 has a reverse lock out lever deal. I love mine, but its a pain at times

 

You could buy them from Hurst for other applications . My buddy Mark loved them , but I didn't take much of a shining to them personally .

 

I thought the lightning rods were a bit hokey when I saw them. I tried to test drive a Hurst Olds in 1984 but the salesman said test drives were only for those that were "serious buyers" and every dealer only got one. I asked why there were two on the lot (one in front & one in back). I found out the other one was being driven as a demo by the new car manager. Guess they saved me the hassle of figuring out the shifter thing.

 

I had two of these cars. both t-top cars. Shifter was really just a gimmick. Wonderfull car to drive like all gn,442,monte's were but def not fast by muscle car standards..