[V8Vairs] Kelmark Conversion Shifter

[Don Stephens]

Man; I can relate. I just found reverse, after an hour of tweaking. Can 
a Vega side cover fit a '65 Trans? As far as the shifter sequence being 
backward, whats to stop someone from flipping the shifter arms on the 
transmission?

Don

Chris Wills wrote:

>> I put a Vega side cover on my Kelmark and made long rods out of 1/2 
>> NPS schedule 80 pipe with 3/8-24 studs welded on each end.  Two rods 
>> have to go thru between axle and lower strut; reverse went under the 
>> strut.  It was a little rubbery at first due to the flex of the 
>> (about 12' long) rods, so I added a link from a pivot welded to the 
>> Kelmark crossmember to a pin welded to the 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th rods.  
>> This effecively gave me two shorter rods by eliminating the flex at 
>> the mid point, and the result was excellent.  Very good feel; much 
>> superior to Kelmark or stock. Cables are harder as you have to have 
>> well-designed, ridgid mounting points for each end of the Morse 
>> cables (but easier to route?).
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> Chris Wills
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>> > so I am convinced the only way to cure it is to install a big car 
>> saganaw
>> > side cover and run an aftermarket shifter (B and M, Hurst, etc.) 
>> and use
>> > marine cables to control it.  Talking with Rick at the performance 
>> workshop
>> > he was talking to me about a source for these marine cables, maybe 
>> he will
>> > chime in and enlighten us, as I have forgotten.  I will be doing 
>> this mod to
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>> > my V8VAIR before Iowa...
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