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has anyone thought of desiging a forward mounting t56 shifter

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Old 09-27-2017, 06:26 PM
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Default has anyone thought of desiging a forward mounting t56 shifter

operating in the opposite manner as the stock one that rides off the *** end of the transmission?


seems like it is possible to do it.
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Forward mounting like the front shifter on this....???






Or this...



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There are a few cars that use a transfer bar to mount shifters either ahead or farther back from the stock locations, Panoz uses one of them as I recall. not complicated..
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YES what I was refiring to is like the last poster describes, a remote shifter up front, ~the opposite as the one that rides off the tail shaft, so owners of early F-bodys for example -don't have to hack up the drive shaft tunnel, and can do something civilized with a shifter,
Remote shifters are all just different arrangements, I found that the closest direct swap in for the 68 Camaro is the uber rare astrovan t5, which I have two of, the stock offset remote shifer on those things are odd to say the least, if that can be done, I am confidant someone can make a remote t56 for an early Camaro... but im not a machinist.
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Originally Posted by CattleAc
Forward mounting like the front shifter on this....???






Or this...



what different vehicles do these two differing tail housings come from?
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Originally Posted by F68
what different vehicles do these two differing tail housings come from?

The top photo is a basic stock T56. I have this trans in my 72 wagon. The bottom is a T56 Magnum...

I think...(I stole these pics from the web)




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