Inland to Hurst swap

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I have a 1966 Sport Fury 383 4-speed in console. My reverse lockout cable came loose from my reverse lockout. I’ve successfully threaded back in through lockout trigger but kept having to undo it. First had too much slop, 2nd time too tight and now cable is frayed and I can’t get it back through. I have wanted to replace the inland shifter with a Hurst anyways. This is my first 4 speed car. Is there any reason I can’t replace the Inland shifter and assembly with a regular Hurst Comp-Plus and hurst shifter and do away with the revers lockout completely?? The only info I can find is replacing with Hurst competition plus to mate up to original inland shifter. This may be a dumb question but I just need advice before I buy anything. Thank you in advance!!
 
Take the lockout cable out and then it will be disabled.

I wouldn’t swap it, the inland handle looks so cool.
 
Hurst is a much better shifter. The shifting is so much more precise than Inland ever was. There was a reason the Inland was called the "guess a gear" shifter.
 
Guess I’m really lucky. I have two cars with inland shifters and they work great. I can speed shift them. That means leave the gas on the floor and press the clutch and shift.
 
I have a 1966 Sport Fury 383 4-speed in console. My reverse lockout cable came loose from my reverse lockout. I’ve successfully threaded back in through lockout trigger but kept having to undo it. First had too much slop, 2nd time too tight and now cable is frayed and I can’t get it back through. I have wanted to replace the inland shifter with a Hurst anyways. This is my first 4 speed car. Is there any reason I can’t replace the Inland shifter and assembly with a regular Hurst Comp-Plus and hurst shifter and do away with the revers lockout completely?? The only info I can find is replacing with Hurst competition plus to mate up to original inland shifter. This may be a dumb question but I just need advice before I buy anything. Thank you in advance!!
Want to save your Inland stick for that original look? Brewer has a Hurst conversion where you reuse your Inland stick. Brewer's Performance - Mopar A833 4-Speed Transmission and Component Specialists
 
Or you could take apart the inland shifter. Clean and lubricate it. Now install and adjust it Per factory service manual.
 
Back in the day when these cars were new, one of the first things would be to replace the sloppy Inland with a Hurst. When we switched to the Hurst in my cousins 1967 Barracuda 383 it made a huge difference at the track. Chrysler went with the Hurst shifters for a reason. Unless you are looking to be 100% factory stock, I would make the switch.
 
Back in the day when these cars were new, one of the first things would be to replace the sloppy Inland with a Hurst. When we switched to the Hurst in my cousins 1967 Barracuda 383 it made a huge difference at the track. Chrysler went with the Hurst shifters for a reason. Unless you are looking to be 100% factory stock, I would make the switch.
Thanks! I like the look of the original but have always loved hurst shifters. Just strong and smooth and just as nostalgic in my opinion. That’s what I’m going to do.
 
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