Hurst shifter recommendations

**JKZ27** · #1 08-21-2020, 10:32 AM

I'm looking to install a Hurst shifter in my 68 Camaro and was planning to use a Competition plus I bought over 20 years ago to use in a 79 Z28 but has been in storage since almost new. I forgot how much different the shifter body for a late 2nd gen was from one for a 68. Having recently acquired a chrome stick for the 68 thinking I'd just bolt in and go, I now have to "make" it work or buy another shifter body.
Any thoughts or suggestions on swapping out the lever with one for a 1st gen? Or, sell it and buy a new shifter body? Originality is not a concern for this but it needs to look and work right. I have never disassembled a shifter but I'm not afraid to try it.
Are the new Hurst products as good, better or worse than what they're known for? Thanks for any help and opinions.

John

**scuncio** · #2 08-21-2020, 12:09 PM

That looks like a Chevelle shifter; I would just buy the correct Camaro shifter that's oriented upward and toward the passenger side of the vehicle. I spent a ton of time getting a Doug Nash into a 1st-gen Camaro, and unless the stick is really well centered, it's going to interfere with the console trim.

**scuncio** · #3 08-21-2020, 12:11 PM

By the way, I recommend buying a used (old) Comp-Plus shifter body. They are pretty indestructable and I'm not sure if production has since entirely moved overseas, but I believe at least some of the components are now made offshore.

marxjunk · #4 08-21-2020, 05:06 PM

contact Crash..he does a lot of custom stuff, he will get you going on the right direction

**JKZ27** · #5 08-21-2020, 06:29 PM

Thanks guys.
And, I apologize for putting this topic in completely the wrong section. Should not be in the classifieds.