Re: push buttos

[Jimmie <jimmieam@xxxxxxx>]

Back in the late '60's I had a '63 Dodge Custom 880.  It was formerly a 
California Highway Patrol Cruiser so it had a high performance 413 in it.  I 
used to take it to the drags in Vacaville and Fremont California.  I shifted it 
like a 3 speed with the push buttons on the dash.  On this car the buttons were 
horizontal on the left side of the dash.  Managed to get that 4500 lbs beast 
into the mid 15's with cheater slicks.  It was pure stock.  All I had done was 
raise the front end via the torsion bars to improve weight transfer.  Also, I 
guess since it was a CHP cruiser, it would corner flat.  Used to race a buddy in 
his '64 442 down the Feather River Canyon drifting most corners.  Yeah I 
know.....I was young, stupid, and LUCKY!

Jimmie      in Northern California
1970 Dodge Dart Swinger 340-4spd, Go Mango in color (original paint)
http://photos.yahoo.com/jam_firefighter
1965 Plymouth Belvedere Station Wagon  360-Auto/To be a 440 (Current Project)
2001 Chrysler Concorde LXI  "Rose" (Wife's car)
2006 RAM 3500 4X4 Mega Cab Cummins Diesel Pickup

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Ozolins" <j_ozolins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 7:29 PM
Subject: RE: push buttos


> Here's a really dumb question. I'll just ask it cuz you guys don't know me! 
> ;-)
>
> It sounds like you racers are pressing buttons as you're making your pass down 
> the track. Is that the case? Choosing your shift points like a manual?
>
> - Or is this only when you have installed a manual valve body in the 
> transmission?
> I will have to fiddle with my car, to see how it acts in its stock 
> configuration.
> My GTO had the Hurst Dual-Gate, and I always thought that it was a lame 
> gimmick,
> since the cable did the same thing whichever gate you had the lever in. But it 
> sure felt good to open the cover and slam that shifter handle down into the 
> bottom of the "His" gate at a stop light!
>
>
> thanks,
> Jim Ozolins
> '64 Signet 200
>
>
>
> > From: Don Dulmage <big-d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: push buttos
> > Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 07:13:00 -0400
> >
> >
> >
> > There never has nor will there ever be a better shifter for racing. We have 
> > even installed a pushbutton in a altered because of its efficiency. My grey 63 
> > with street hemi was so equipped and was perfect in use.
> > We used the reverse pattern valve body in the 63 and i recarved the buttons 
> > accordingly to FIRST, SECOND (left the same as stock) and WIN. It really 
> > ticked off the non mopar guys. I love the pushbuttons at the track.
> > Don
> > Author of
> > Return to Deutschland (True Adventure)
> > Old Reliable (Mopar)
> > http://altonapublicschool.faithweb.com/ 


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