Push Button Electronic Shifter

[59Apache502]

Hello all I am looking for a push button shifter like the one Berry White put in the 71' Plymouth GTX. All I can find is the IRL type and motor cycle shifters. If anyone knows what he put in that GTX that would be great or tell me where to find this I have been all over the net.

It was kinda funny my little brother not knowing much about car's ect. called me this morning and said he found one I was like great he told me where to go on the net and the first thing he said was Edsel.com LOL he was thinking thoe...

[Pat Monaco]

Don't know what type you're looking for. but MoonEyes has one. It's a little pricey. Here is the link
https://www.mooneyesusa.com/index.as...OD&ProdID=1505

Pat

[59Apache502]

Thanks Pat that putts us in a good ball park, but we are looking for the one thats in the steering wheel and only has two buttons I think. As you know there's not much room in a 59'. For the seats we are using two Jaguar bucket's forgot which year then we are going to run the middle console coming from under the dash down in between the seats. Thats where the head unit, bag switches, whippers, ect. will be hid in a flip up compartment.

[Pat Monaco]

I saw an article in this month's Street Rodder magazine titled "From Hot Rod to High-Tech, Formula 1 goes street" By Ryan Manson. They show a couple of "paddle shifters" that might work for ya! That would look pretty cool. However, they are all electrnic too. Check it out if you get a chance.

Pat

[Big Tracks]

Both my '56 Dodge D500 and my '62 Dodge Dart (a "big" Dart) had factory push-button shifters on the dash just to the left of the wheel.

I don't know what years Chrysler products started, and quit, using them, but my experience with them was totally satisfactory, and I raced the D500.

If a "typewriter", as we called them, could be could be found today, I don't have any idea what would be involved to adapting one to a 727 that didn't come with one. I presume they were solenoid operated.

Jim

Note: My presumptions have a way of being wrong.

[Pat Monaco]

Here's a Chrysler unit Jim was talking about now on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHRYS...spagenameZWDVW

They also have a Moon Smart Shift for $550.00 buy now option

Pat

[Stu Cool]

Here's one, maybe this is what you are looking for. Kinda like the Formula 1 Shifters: http://www.twistmachine.com/

Jegs sells them too

Pat

[59Apache502]

Thanks guys for all the help. The Mooneyes is the one were looking into now but we don't like the keypad to many buttons and kinda 80's Night Rider looking. The paddle shifter is neat but still not what were looking for. I wish I could find more info on the Berry White GTX or even a picture of the inside would be nice..

[59Apache502]

OK on the paddle shifter could you not use the paddle and just wire two buttons and put them into the wheel? How exactly does the paddle make it shift? For. example when you pull back the paddle does it click a button inside the column?

[59Apache502]

Just got dune reading all the info on the Mooneye's shifter I think we are going with that, at the bottom on the page it says steering wheel shifter coming soon. I am giving them a call right now and see when it going to be available thanks guy's.

[Pat Monaco]

Good Luck Apache. I'd be real interested in seeing pics of the completed project.

Pat

[59Apache502]

Thanks Pat... Here's a few pics we are a lot further now. That's just a mock up cab and we have the 502 setting in it now. Just don't have any updated pics yet. Sorry for the quality of the pics the camera is a bit touchy...

[Pat Monaco]

Starting to look REAL good! I like the stance. Cant' wait to see it when its done.
Keep me posted.

Pat

[robot]

The paddle shifters look cool BUT THEY STILL REQUIRE A NORMAL SHIFTER! To use park, reverse, and neutral, the "normal" shifter is used. The paddle shifters only control the upshifts and downshifts while the trans is in drive. That sucks because it would be cool to get rid of the shifter on the floor (or on the column)

[59Apache502]

Retro-Tech finally came out with the two buttons in the steering wheel, and I just talked to the guy from Retro-Tech and they are just about finished with our wheel I got a pic from his today. Looks killer IMO. A tad expensive it was $995 for the smart-shift and $1000 to machine the buttons and everything. Here is a pick of the Torque Thrust steering wheel wrapped in bone leather.
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