T-5 shift lever

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  1. mav72

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    Hello everyone,

    I have just completed the installation of a T-5 transmission into my '72 Maverick and I'm wondering which shift lever any of you guys have used for this. I am keeping the original bench seat, so I need a shifter that will clear the seat. Thanks!
     
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  2. beng19999

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    i just install a t5 on mine to and it was from a 1984 mustang
     
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  3. Derek 5oComet

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    I have had a few different Hurst shifter sticks in mine,from a 8'' straight stick to a 12'' bent.Kind of what your preferance is they all clear fine.

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  4. Bryant

    Bryant forgot more than learned

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    i made my own lever to get it in the right location.

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    Bryant is that made of chain links welded together? That is just barbaric/cool. I guess that way you can position one anywhere you like.
     
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  6. maverickdragger

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    maybe someone should get a thread going for people to post pics of there shifters
     
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    I'm running a Steeda TriAx shifter ('cause the stock T5 shifter sucks) with a Hurst flat chrome stick I bought from Summit and a Hurst T-handle I've had forever. Looks "period correct". Hurst sticks bolt right on the Ford and Steeda (and probably others) shifters and their catalog has dozens of styles, shapes, sizes.
     
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  8. Ryan

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    I have the Hurst stick on the Pro 5.0 shifter. As long as the stick is for a T5 I havent seen a shifter yet that the stick wont bolt to. I was hoping to get a boot on my car last night but the one I ordered was mispackaged, 2nd time too. I called our warehouse and they were all mispackaged, small boot in the large boot part number. So I gotta wait until the local Oreillys warehouse gets new ones in stock.

    I'll take a pic of my shifter this weekend at our Maverick Meet.
     
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    The Hurst stick doesn't even have to be for a T5, mine was for an old application predating the T5. I guess there is some type of "standard" bolt pattern.
     
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    Welcome to the site? :tiphat::Handshake:beerchug::wave::racingflag:

    +1, photographs would prove valuable in determining what would appear best.
     
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    yep its chain.
     
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    A not-so-great pic of mine
     

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    Finally snapped a pic of my shifter, still havent got a boot for it though.
     

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    shifter and console

    mine is not finish but it will give you an idea of what i'm doing,the console is coming from a 74 mustang that i'm fitting in mine now
     
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    Here is a pic of mine.....Hurst Billet Plus with a handle from a earlier kit I had. I did cut an inch off the bottom, redrilled the hole up top, to make it an inch shorter. Works well. Love it!
     

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