Hey guys, I got a real crazy idea in my head and now I want it. I am not big on flashy stuff, but this idea seems pretty cool.

Anyway, I want a pistol-grip shifter that looks like the joystick of a fighter plane, and the trigger for the guns works as the button for the automatic..... does such a product exist? If so, I want it!!!

 

hmmm... that might look good if you can find a really good looking one... hmm.. photoshop, anyone?

 

The only shift **** for an auto that resembles somewhat of your description would be the RAZO shift ****.

http://www.mach3accessories.com/shiftknobs/sk2_10.html

A bit pricy at $130 though. There is a cheaper version of the RAZO. I forgot which company makes the cheaper version though. Also check ebay for a RAZO or the cheaper version.

 

just take apart your shift **** and you will see the button is spring loaded and pushes a plastic stick to disable the neutral switch, just take that and put it in a old computer joystick. ill try it with one and see how it does.

 

i checked on eBay for the Razo one or whatever, theres one on there for like 40

 

Na, the Razo one isn't what I am looking for. I want it to like like it was literally out of a fighter plane. I would do the joystick idea, but I think there would be trouble making the trigger push down the button instead of the electronic button it is currently attached to.

 

you wanting the same design all throughtout the car, or just.. BOOM, joystick.... might stand out a bit much.. but that's just my opinion... but yes it would be pretty cool. you coudl maybe have the other buttons do stuff to... ya know?

 

Well, as I said before I am not into flashy things... my interior is goign to be all black and nothing to stand out. As long as the shifter itself is also black, there shouldn't be a major clash, but it would be pretty cool. Other buttons... no real need. I don't have anythiong else I need to operate.

 

sure ya do... um..

microwave....

no, seriously tho, you could wire anything to it,... windows... um.. Lights... mainly anythign and everything electronic... OR... you could setup some interior lights w/ it... just a thought.

 

If you're looking for a joystick to hack into to use as a shift **** (nice idea by the way, I've been thinking of doing the same thing), you might try searching at auctions sites or computer swap meets for the Suncom F-15 series. They are modeled after the actual F-15 joystick and are easily disassembled to get only the handle separate. The trigger can be replaced with a larger piece to be used to actuate the shift plunger and may look great. I'd show you the stick, but all I have left of it is the base I was using as a experiment for something else.

You might also try getting a used Saitek X36 flight control system. It has more buttons, but it looks a lot better, in my opinion, than the F-15E joystick.

 

Thats so.... sooo....... Mopar

Actually, I tried to make a pistol grip **** once out of some exotic orange-y wood I had laying around. It almost worked too.

 

I wonderred when someone was going to bring that up, Chrysler had a pistol grip shifter waaaayyyy back in the late 60s, early 70s.

 

They may not be an F-body, but GM makes the Pontiac Grand Prix with a pistol-grip shifter. You might nab one of those for ideas on the release mechanism.

 

I think with the right interior mods the "Figher plane" shifter would be cool...

John

 

double post

 

Yeah, and I think I'm going to do it. I'm changing my interior to a red-and-black interior scheme and the stick will match nicely.

 

west Coast choppers' Viper has a cool shifter, kinda like what you are talking about.
http://www.westcoastchoppers.com/

 

Pic

 

Here's a pic of my Hurst pistol grip quarter stick. Pic was taken back in Feb before I got my gauges in. Actually I think that pic was taken when my transmission took a dump for the second time and it's in the shop lol.

 

man, i love that shifter, to bad i have a 700r4, i don't think they make gates for it. i guess i will just stick with my b&m megashifter

please excuse my driver's seat cover...

 

Here's my favorite for an automatic.......http://www.eautoworks.com/ORD-Auto~A...ob-No-6056.htm

 

i just got the want to make a shifter out of a spatula... don't ask me why..

Actually, i think(not reading what you guys have turned this post into)... i think a knife handle would kinda be interesting as a shifter.. not saying i want to do it, or would ever even consider it, but.. just.. some knife grips are very cool looking. *shrugs*