I am going drag racing again next year with my Firebird just run what you brung meets about 5 times a year and my car is not a daily driver I only do 500 miles a year. I hope to get a couple of things sorted out over the winter ready for next spring one is a posi but the other is my factory shifter.

Now as you know these factory shifters are not good for changing manually for drag racing! It's too easy to miss a gear by shifting straight from 1st to D or into neutral. So as I can hang on to the changes until 5,000rpm as it's changing about 4.500rpm at the moment as I have already fitted an adjustable modulater which holds the gear change for plus or minus 2mph.

I want to fit a B & M shifter maybe a quick silver or similar. The 67 Firebird uses a rod to change gear as opposed to the 68 and 69 which use a cable. I know I will have to convert it to a cable shift using the bracket that bolts to the transmission pan.

My car has a TH350 instead of the Powerglide and it has been modded by fileing the detent on the shifter so I can select all 3 gears manually.

Has anyone fitted an aftermarket shifter to their 67 Auto Firebird if so which one?

I havent found a good aftrmrkt ratchet sftr that fits the factory console.
But think some else here did???
Been look'n at "Lokar" a/t shftrs. They have one that attaches to the trany and uses a rod like an M/T shfter

I put the lokar auto shifter in my 69. Hooked to a T400 with a rod. Converted to a floor shift from column shift and this fit well into the console I had. (67 console)

Can't remember the model number, but the shifter was a tunnel mount. 6 inch stick length. I opted out of the LED indicator for gear selection since the cost was another $200 extra. Since I didn't have a hole in the tunnel, this was a better option than the tranny mount. The hole cut in the tunnel was alot smaller. If you go with the tranny mount shifter you just need to get a longer shifter handle.

I put a black piece of lexan to cover the hole where the bezel went and attached the boot to the lexan. Lexan attahced to the mounting holes for the bezel.

Thanks guys I will look into the lokar shifters.
69 Bird I found a couple of sites with lokar shifters I found a tail mount and trans mount but not a tunnel mount.

http://www.srbymichael.com/manufacturers/lokar/lokar-shift.shtml

Is the Lokar shifter a ratchet shifter? what is it like to shift manually as I want to shift 1st, 2nd and then drive without shifting through 2nd to drive or to neutral.

Thanks Andy

Andy,

It is the floor mount listed on the website you have. This allowed for a smaller hole in the tunnel. Less cold air, etc. can get in that way.

It shifts fine for street driving through the gears. I haven't had it skip a gear or go into neutral yet, but I am not really pushing the envelope.