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Quick lesson in Console shifter history......with pics

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Old 03-09-2004, 08:46 PM
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Don, I think they're all the same height. We have the same trans and shifter. I think your boot is just taller to mate with the bottom of the Cobra shifter. Maybe not.....hard to tell. We should measure.

I'm sticking with the 2k shifter. I love it.
Old 03-09-2004, 08:58 PM
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I'm pretty sure my 97 cobra head sits lower then your'* Wiill. I'm also pretty sure it mates with the leather boot.

My 91 has an identical T shifter to the one you are holding in your hand in the first photo.

BTW... nice place to hold your BC Cards
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Your missing the button that sticks on the end... mine just pulls off kinda hard...
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Try it after you remove it. It'* a much easier reach for your thumb.
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Bill:
Mine is still in a box at my parents place, buried, who knows where. I'd probably leave the button how it is. I'm 6'2" with hands to match, plenty of thumb reach.

Don:
Your boot looks the same. But your shifter is not the same exact unit. It'* not leather wrapped. There might be a difference in how it sits on the pole.
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Oh i always wanted to try a 2k bonnie. Too bad they're never in wrecking yards... :(

Who wants to find one like it, either bonnie or other car (GA have it to i know...)
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I've been thinking of changing to the 2000+ shifter for a while now. But I didn't know about needing the other boot. I'll have to look around for a shifter and boot. I bet they aren't too cheap brand new.
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I paid 5 bucks for the 2k shifter and boot
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Go find me one willwren!!!
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I like my snake shifter, too. Having driven standards most of my life, it feels more like a shifter to me than a T handle does.

I still drive with my hand on the shifter......


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