Four speed floor shifter help!
 

Ok guys,I am in need of some help here. My truck originally had a 4 on the floor but when I got it the truck had no drivetrain. I am in need of pics and some measurements of the shifter. My plan is to make a shifter that looks original to use with my 4L60E. If I could get height to the bend, angle of bend, and the over all length it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Josh

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Not sure if you're tied to fabbing it yourself, but if you've got the extra cash, Lokar has an automatic shifter that looks pretty much like the stock 4 sp shifter. Leave the clutch pedal hang and you'll fool some people.
I did that with an old F-100 I've got. Get a laugh now and then.

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I was looking into that option. Just need some pics and measurements to see if that is the way I want to go.

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Lokar 23" double bend on a TH400. They have the same for a 4L60e. Reaches to about bottom to mid range on the speaker grill(48GMC). Speedway has the cheapest price($240 or so) by quite a bit, 60 or 70 $$. People thinks it is a stick until they start counting pedals.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-E...er%2520001.jpg
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spreader - Thanks for the pic and info on your setup.

Does anyone have any info on and original so I can take notes?

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Why not just find a sm460 or 465 shift lever and graft it on to the shift arm? Around here they are easily found...

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My original plan was to find something close to the factory shifter and make my own auto shifter out of it.

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Ok, on my way home from town today I took the back roads. About 10 miles away from my house I saw a 1952 grain truck sitting in the weeds behind an old barn. (the last registration sticker was '78) So i pulled up to the barn and grabbed a tape measure out of my truck. The grain truck had the shifter I was looking for and a hand lever E-brake. The shifter is 24" in total length with the bend at 9" and a 3" base. If I can't find a shifter locally it looks like the 23" Lokar Nostalgia shifter will be on my list of parts to order.

Thanks for the help
Josh

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Ghetto,
Looks like you got what you were looking for. I'm doing pretty the same thing on my '50 5window 3100. I couldn't fab the tapering shaft diameter as it goes up, so I bought a used original shift lever on eBay, (showing delivery tomorrow Mon 20th) I plan on grafting it to the Shifter arm and maybe use the original style boot. Anyway, if you still need pics, info, degree of bend I'll have it tomorrow afternoon.

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jkvincent
That would be great. I didn't take much time as I did not have permission to be there.

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ghetto, I have done just what your talking about. On my '46 I cut the top cast iron riser off the shifter plate from the original transmission, made a custom mount and used it to shift my TH350 before I went to a 700R4. I'm pretty sure I still have it at the shop. From the outside it looks like a stock trans shifter from a '46 (because it is), Of course I did add an 8 ball for a knob. Give me 10 more days and I'll post some pictures.
Rob

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Ok, thanks Rob

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Ghetto, here ya go.
what ?? ...for some reason the resolution is terrible.
to confirm the numbers, they are
3/8"
16"
45*
5 3/4"
11/16"

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Hey getto, as promised I found my old shifter project. This was the top from a '46 4 speed . The '46 had a lever on the shifter, I think it was used for a reverse lock out, I used this lever to lock the shifter in each gear. Anyway, have a look.
Rob
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Thanks Rob,

That is exactly what I want to do. Guess I am going to have to look a little harder for an original now.

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I never thought about doing that when I cut the shift levers off the two junk 51 four speeds I hauled for scrap when I bought the two 1-1/2 tons a few years ago. Both transmissons had been full of water and sand for too long to save them.

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This is a great idea, thanks. I have a 48 1 ton with a 4 speed that I'm dropping on a s-10 chassis with a SBC and a th350 before Xmas, I would love to use old shifter on the conversion.
Ghetto, was your 49 originally a 1/2 ton with a 4 speed?

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Yes, my 49 GMC was a 1/2 ton long bed 4 speed from the factory.