As a '69 GS400 console automatic owner, I have been searching for a new or used shifter handle.(like many, mine is broken) I talked to the owner of a local die cast shop who can replicate it. Problem is, making one would be cost prohibitive. I would have to have at least 20 produced and sold for $100 each to be reasonable for making the cast. Anyone interested?
lets clarify it a bit more ... you are talking about the pot metal piece that bolts to the shifter AND the sliding piece that runs inside it ? Exact duplicate ? Chromed like original ? If so, at the $100 price, I'll take 2
Has this shop actually had one in-hand to inspect? And what Alan said... I could even be tempted, never know if a floor shift conversion might come back into the picture.
As a rule the inside slider does not brake, but the repro needs accept the slider, and $100.00 for the outer part is not out of line, as I said I have repaired one side on the outer, a few times, both my 68 and 69 have a repaired one and with the console in place you cannot tell it has been repaired and the slider works very well. Thanks Bill.
I would take one for a spare as long as they are good quality and you can clarify just what it includes. Buick Eric / Oregon :3gears:
I went theu this deal myself once . I even still have a mint shifter handle in my possession to get reproduced . The cost for the casting was around $100 plus you have to have set up on a machine shop cnc to make the slides work correctly. Ad for the chrome work and I found to make like 50 was going be at cost close to $300 each for 50. If this guy has a finished product for $100 each I'm in for 10
