shifter

[1983z]

so i have a 1976 and a 1979 camaro 76 is a part car so i took the shift out for my 1979 and i was cleaning it took it all apart steel wooled it all and figered out if you pulled it to where the passenger would set in the car, that it turns into a rachet shift. has anyone else seen this
before? btw

[1983z]

anyone?

[BBCAM]

The factory shifters from the early 70s came two ways a straight gated shifter and the Z/28s had a shifter that you could pull it into low and push outward against a stop for second and third gears It was called a "sport" shifter in the Dealer flyers .. these were the only factory shifters ever put in if you have an actual ratchet type shifter someone put it in
which is not unusual for that old of a car..

[1983z]

i bent the lil latch inside it and made it a full rachet

[BBCAM]

Actually, thats Not how a ratchet type shifter works ...
A true ratchet shifter B&M, Hurst, ETC has a spring loaded ratchet built into it allowing a short stroke single motion shift that returns the shifter to the same place after each shift...