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Old 10-17-2009, 05:13 PM   #74
dart4forte
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Default Re: '66 Dodge D-Dart at Mecum auction

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Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine View Post
Alan,
I'll have to re-visit the Car Craft article. Doesn't make sense to have
that car run with an "Inland" unit. The "Hurst" shifters back then were only about $80. The "Hurst" unit would have knocked an easy 2/10's (.20) off that E.T.
Paul
Paul,

Nowhere in that article does it specifically mention the shifter. However, looking at the picture on page 25 where Jack Cudworth is sitting behind the wheel the shifter looks to be the Inland. The stick looks a lot thicker than the Hurst and the handle is not the usual ball you find on a Hurst. In the article, Niles Holman states "the transmission shifts unusually hard on the street and in some cases impossible to place in second and third when shifting normally." Having rowed gears using the Inland, sounds to me from his description that's an Inland in the test car.

John
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