I know a few of you have installed a 200-4R in your First Gen. I intend to do the same on my '67 and would like to use the factory shifter. But before sending the console-mounted shift arm out for re-chroming, I thought I'd better make sure it will work with the new tranny.

Will it? Is the shift gate housing too deep? Will the linkage also line up, or will I have to find another way to connect the shifter to the tranny.

We used to have a good archives on this subject, but I'll be darned if I can find it now.

- Jake

The last 2 issues of Hemmings Muscle Machines (April/May2008) have had a detailed 2-part article on installing a 200-4R in a '67 Camaro.

They had issues with the tranny crossover and their orginal Powerglide shifter being too deep. The TH 400 shifter worked.

I laugh about how they called the one-year-only big block (TH 400) shifter for '67 being hard to find. They had to get one off a Nova.

The shifter will work fine. I bought a kit from shiftworks for the cable to mount on the trans. I also bought a tranny crossover that lets you bolt the 200r right up. I didn't want to modify my stock cross over. You may ave to modify your exhaust for the new tranny mount.

Also you will have to but a new detent for the shifter since you have the extra gear. Shiftworks makes this also.

Thanks guys. The HMM articles were great. The arm is on it's way to Paul's Chrome.

- Jake

Which one?

A th400 crossmember OUGHT to work fine. At least it did for me.

I bought mine from bowtie overdrives, where I ought the trans.