Poll: Have You Driven A Pistol Grip Mopar?

[Mopar73340]

Have driven several 4-spd cars with the Hurst shifters but only one with the Pistol grip which is the one I currently own. Pistol grip with a 5-spd.

[ShelbyDogg]

The same shift pattern but with my left hand would mess me up.  1st and 2nd would be farthest away and hitting 3rd gear while speed shifting is hard enough pushing away from me. How do you not hit 5th sometimes?

[Challenger6pak]

I have 3 4 speed cars now.  I have had many in the past.  It is a fun way to go.  My convertible is an automatic.  I plan to keep it that way since it is a cruiser.  NZ you will have fun with the pistol grip. 

[Carlwalski]

The same shift pattern but with my left hand would mess me up.  1st and 2nd would be farthest away and hitting 3rd gear while speed shifting is hard enough pushing away from me. How do you not hit 5th sometimes?

I have never gone from 3rd to 5th. When I first got the car back from installing a short shifter occasionally I would go from 2nd>3rd but miss 3rd and hit in between 1st-3rd, just clutch in again and get it in but that was only due to the short shifter being such a close throw, have to be precise. Second nature now but like any manual car it would take someone a little time to fully get use to it, more so with a short shifter.

[heminut]

Yep, the Cuda I had before this one was a factory 340 4 speed car, I loved that pistol grip. I guess that's why I've put together a pistol grip shifted 833OD for the Duster my son and I are building for him!

[back n black]

My Super Bee and Chally are both 440 6 pack cars with four on the floor.  The pistol grip is definately superior to the ball handle on the bee. 

[Husker Cuda]

Never driven a pistol grip but I will when mine is done.  I have a '74 Cuda with a 3 speed manual that I am converting over to a A-833 pistol grip shifted 4-speed.  Can't wait to run it through the gears after the restoration is done!

[71chally383R/T]

im 18 and my dads buddy let me drive his triple black 440-6pack 70 charger r/t se 4-spd car man i love to feel that big shifter in my hand and slam threw those gears but u sure do ram ur knuckles into the dash with those big b-body shifters

[moparmussel]

  own 2 big block cuda,s  73 440 4 speed pg, the other is 74  383,727 reverse manual shift. pistol grip is by far the best. what a hoot to rip through the gears,flow masters supplying the tunes! had 68 gtx,4 speed was fun,but shifter was 3 feet long.looked like an old ed roth drawing!

[mr.mopar]

i had a 68 charger with hemi and 4 speed,i also had a 70 rt 440 sixpack with 4 speed.now i have a 70 rt/se with 528 hemi and 5 speed keisler with pistolgrip.started it up yesterday cant wait trying it on the street.i have a hydraulik chlutch on it and it feels wery good.

[moper]

I've owned 4 E body 4spds. I plan to convert my '70. I have a customer's '70 383 RT Challenger I drove today a little bit. I can shift a bit better than he can...lol. I don't consider any automatic to be a pistol grip. If it doesnt rock a little getting in and out of the throttle, it ain't real. Anybody can push a  button or lift a detent release...lol.

[bb71challenger]

I never have NZ. I have dreamed of having a nice 4-speed vert for as long as I can remember. To me there are shifters and then there are pistol grip shifters. It is IMO the ultimate factory row it yourself shifter. I have seen a few of the automatic pistol grips and while they look super and I would not mind having one, I think it would make me want the real thing too much. I plan on converting my 70 Challenger from slapstick to 4 speed or keisler when I get around to doing it. I have always preferred manual transmissions. When I got my 99 neon I did not even consider getting a slushbox. For some reason around here manual shift cars and Barracudas in general are as rare as hens teeth.

[Carlwalski]

Seems like a lot of you Mopar people have driven one, lucky buggers!!
Sure is an "in your face" to the Brand-X guys with manual transmissions.

Bragging rights. "Ahem, what does yours have? Oh......one of those, a ball". 
Can't wait to get behind my own one day.......all in good time.

[SRT8CUDA]

Nope, not me before but they look like a nice handle.

[ntstlgl1970]

Drove this 70 440-6 dana car a few times after we finished restoring it....