Guest Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 hurst made the dual gate and three level shifter for olds but i cant remember what years these were made in. if anyone can tell me which years these were it would be a big help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 68, 69, 72, 73, 75 and 79 all had Dual/Gates as part of the package. 74 455 cars had Dual/Gates; 350 cars came with standard Olds floorshift, D/G optional. 83 and 84 had the three stick Lightning Rods.Dual/Gate was optional in 70-77 Cutlass.Pontiac offered the Dual/Gate "His-n-Hers" shifter in GTOs starting 1966. It was originally introduced in late 1963 as aftermarket for Oldsmobile Starfires and Pontiac Grand Prixs with SlimJim HydraMatic floorshift, and advertised as "Wife Pleaser". I have an original D/G, waiting to someday install it in one of my Starfires. It actually has a keyed lock that has to be unlocked to use the ratchet-shift gate.There were also versions for automatic floorshift equipped Mopars, and most Mopar performance cars in the 70s had "Slap-Stik" shifters which are also ratchet shifters.The last model-specific D/G I know of were made for 1970-81 Camaro and Firebird. Everything else would have used a generic console.Certain years, Pontiac and Chevrolet floorshift cars had a factory version of the ratchet shifter. If you find a 69-74 Pontiac GP or intermediate that has 3-2-1 engraved on the right side of the shift gate, it has this shifter. Camaros and Firebirds didn't have the 3-2-1 but you can tell these shifters because you can push them to the right in all forward ranges. To ratchet shift- push lever hard right and forward and it will latch in the next highest range detent.Prolly more than ya ever wanted to know, huh? <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 would you or anyone you know happen to have a picture of the 3 lightning rods or know of where i can find one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 try www.oldspower.com . The guys on there are heavy into G-body Olds and may have some pics. 88CuttyClassic would probably have some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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