C2 4 speed shifter ID..

[mike cobine]

Re: Seems like a good deal?

Yes, several of those selling on eBay and elsewhere have one with a long handle that is curved, like you'd need for a floor shift in a regular car with higher seats that sit further back. Many claim they came out of Corvettes, but I have a 402 I took out of a Corvette and that doesn't make it an original Corvette engine. (old southern joke - kittens born in an oven don't make them biscuits.)


Hurst lists the 7-1/2 inch handle for the midyears, an almost 10 inch for '68 - '79 and an 8-1/2 inch for '80 - '81. None arched backwards, being straight up.


Hurst lists the following:

Appl. Year Des Trans. code Trans. Shifter Install.
CORVETTE 57-62 All 410 BW T-10 391 7535 373 3157
CORVETTE 63-67 All 451 MUNCIE 391 7960 373 3162
CORVETTE 68 All 451 MUNCIE 391 7992 373 4648
CORVETTE 69-79 All 452/453 & 454 MUNCIE & BW 391 7992 373 8611
CORVETTE 80-81 All 454 BW T-10 391 0028 373 8621


CAMARO 82 w/Cons 455 BW T-10(TT) 391 7960 373 0021
CAMARO 82 w/Cons 456 SAGINAW(TT) 391 7960 373 0022


Shifter Assm. Shifter w/o stick Stick
391 7960 391 5405 538 7238 7.50" tall, straight
391 7992 391 5403 538 7991 9.82" tall, 1.20" to right
391 0028 391 5405 538 0131 8.6" tall, 1.04" to right




Installation Kits:
Kit Mount
373 3157 195 7773
373 3162 195 8008
373 4648 195 8008
373 8611 195 8008
373 8621 195 0148





Interesting that the '82 Camaro/Firebird used the same as the midyear Corvette. '83 up Camaros used a different shifter. Hmmm.


The 391 5405 shifter body has a bolt-in handle and the reverse lever is the dogleg forward.


The 391 5403 I haven't found and wonder if it is a typo, especially since the chassis didn't change from '67 to '68.




The big problem with the Corvette is that the most common Hurst shifter body has the reverse lever hit the frame. I'm not sure why Hurst didn't just make the mounting plate lift slightly, 1/2 inch roughly, to clear the frame and save having to make a different shifter body.

[G B.]

Hurst clarification

Mike, the first Hurst shifters for Corvettes had 7" welded curved handles. In the early seventies Hurst dropped all the welded handles for interchangable bolt-on handles.

The auction you referenced is actually for a Corvette (only) Hurst shifter from the sixties. The Hurst shifters with 12" welded curved handles are not for Corvettes, however.

[G B.]

More precise measurement

On a sixties Hurst welded curved handle shifter for a Corvette, the straight-line vertical distance from the handle pivot bolt centerline to the ball center is about 9".

[Jack W.]

Re: Hurst clarification

In support of Jerry's post, my 65 SB still has the Hurst that I have confirmed to have been in the car at least as far back as the early 70s, and it has the 7" welded-on curved handle. Only found out it was welded on when I went and bought one of those bolt on chrome ball - t-handle correct-looking jobs and was a bit disgusted with myself for not having examined the set up beforehand when I went to install the thing and was thwarted . . .