Re: [ihc] Did IH make these?

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Mandera" <tsm1@domain.elided>
To: "Ryan Moore" <baradium@domain.elided>
Cc: "Howard R Pletcher" <n9ads@domain.elided>; <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 12:44
Subject: Re: [ihc] Did IH make these?


> Ryan Moore wrote:
>
> >>I would think you could put one in with a standard transmission since
> >>it's a floor shifter.  Seems like a column shift would not be easy to
> >>work out--and I doubt if GM had one from their cars to sell anyway as I
> >>doubt if they offered it.
> >>Howard
> >>
> >
> >
> > Doubt all you want, they did, at least in the pickups.
> >
> > They also offered tilt wheels with floor shifters too, but those are not
all
> > that common and are $$$.  I imagine you could make a GM tilt collumn
> > designed for a floor shifter work if you really wanted to.
> >
> > I believe the GM tilt option came out during the 67-72 production run. I
> > don't *think* it was any earlier, but I know for a fact that it was
availble
> > by the end of the run as my brother's '72 chevy pickup has a factory
tilt
> > wheel and I've seen a '70 model with a factory tilt as well.
>
> Ryan,
>
> I think Howard's trying to say he doubts GM offered a tilt column *with
> a column shift manual*.
>
> The "3 on the tree" in my mom's '68 Chevy 1/2T 2wd (250-6) certainly
> doesn't tilt.  On the plus side, it does have the electronic overdrive,
> so it IS fun to split shift..
>

Ah, I gotcha...  I'd have to look through my info stuff to find out about a
3spd tilt, but that stuff is in GA.

I do know they offered the automatic in tilt and the 4spd manuals with tilt,
have no idea about the 3spds at this time... sorry Howard, misread your
post.

-Ryan