Nova Bang Shifter on Ebay

[Hemicolt]

NOS Mr. Gasket Bang Shifter for a Nova. Not mine.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/71-CHEVROLET-NOV...ies&vxp=mtr (http://www.ebay.com/itm/71-CHEVROLET-NOVA-NOS-4-SPEED-MUNCIE-SHIFTER-MR-GASKET-/360386285174?hash=item53e8b24e76&item=360386285174 &pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr )

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

What is a 'Bang' shifter?

BTW, I met this seller in person yesterday regarding another part - nice guy! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[Hemicolt]

I don't think it was anything more than a standard four speed shifter. Just marketing from Mr. Gasket I imagine. I have a couple of these and there is nothing special that I can see. We installed one in a 64 Ford last summer. Worked very well but I will always prefer a Hurst.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What is a 'Bang' shifter?

BTW, I met this seller in person yesterday regarding another part - nice guy! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif </div></div>

[Fast67VelleN2O]

The Mr. Gasket shifters always have thinner shift levers in the shifter body as opposed to the Hurst Competition Plus shifters.

[PxTx]

How about these Mickey Thompson shifters?

http://www.day2speedshop.com/NOS-Parts/

http://www.day2speedshop.com/images/products/447.JPG

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pxtx</div><div class="ubbcode-body">How about these Mickey Thompson shifters?

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Think one or two steps above in quality of the dimestore Sparkomatic shfters back in the day. Why Mickey attacked his credible name to these shifters is beyond me. They were only around for a handful of years before they bit the dust.

Cool item for display though and to have for speed equipment history.

[68l30]

I used to run a Mr.G V-Gate on a old race car I had...Drive that thing on the street for a week....I swear... you had the strongest two fingers in town. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif



Steve

[Hemicolt]

Lol.
That's why I like the Hurst Ram Rod. Super easy to drive on the street. A buddy of mine had a 70 Z28 back in the mid-80's with a V-gate. We used to get stuck at stop lights with the thing hung up between gears.


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 68l30</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I used to run a Mr.G V-Gate on a old race car I had...Drive that thing on the street for a week....I swear... you had the strongest two fingers in town. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif



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[68l30]

Never had it hang up...but I did eventually rip the trigger right off it. Sent it to Hurst to fix it( they owned Mr. G at the time) and they sent me a brand new V-gate in return. The tech repairing it told me he took one look at it and threw it in the scrap hopper..Glad I kept the T handle and what was left of the old trigger. They just felt a whole lot better than the new stuff.

Big

[PxTx]

I've been running my Hurst V-gate since the early 1990's. Lot more street miles than drag racing miles and I love it.

Here is a side by side of the two (randomly found on the web). I would not think the Mr. Gasket is any thougher to drive.

http://jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1169968&amp;d=1291681956.j pg

http://s3.racingjunk.com/ui/4/56/22574564-225-Mr-gasket-vertigate-shifter-with-linkag.jpg

In the Grumpy Jenkins book they talked about how he designed his own shifter taking a 3 speed and adapting it to a 4 speed. Then he added a second stick just for reverse. I immediatley thought of a Vertigate, but now think it would be a pretty cool thing to do with one of those old M/T shifters in that link.

[Hemicolt]

The Ram Rod is a far superior design. The gate / plate design is so simple.

[68l30]

I believe...The old Mr.G has the trigger further down the stick. I found it much more cumbersome to reach down and pull up with my palm still on the T handle. I always wanted to extend the rod maybe an inch or two. Broke it before I could improve it..


Steve

[69z28302]

I remember all the Bad Ass street 4-speed cars had the Ram Rod or a Verti-Gate in them.

Mike

[Igosplut]

I always preferred the super shifter 3 to the ramrod/V gate. Just picked up an NOS 3 last month...