67 - 4 speed shift boot

[Stephen G.]

Here is a picture of my boot as pulled from my car (right) and one just received from Long Island Corvette (left).

I'm assuming mine is original and the reproduction is not correct.

Can anyone confirm his for me.

Thanks

[Michael J.]

Re: 67 - 4 speed shift boot

I would also assume that. I put one in my '67 a few months ago (my original was so deteriorated and was torn, it was not useable). The new one wrinkles up on the left side when you put it in the frame and screw it down, it doesn't fit like the original, but I have not found another place to get one that is different, and I tried Zip, Eckler's, and Corvette America, seems all theirs are the same poor-fitting repop.

[Scott S.]

Re: 67 - 4 speed shift boot

Here is a picture of my boot as pulled from my car (right) and one just received from Long Island Corvette (left).

I'm assuming mine is original and the reproduction is not correct.

Can anyone confirm his for me.

Thanks
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Stephen,

I'm not sure if my '67 4-spd rubber shift-boot (seal) is original, but if not, it is a 25+ year old service replacement, and looks the same as your example on the right, with the double-lip. I have an NOS example still sealed in the GM plastic bag, p/n 3866183, which is the same part number as called out in the 1964-1967 AIMs. The NOS example has the single-lip, like the one on the left that you received from LIC.

[Gene M.]

Re: 67 - 4 speed shift boot

The one in the left back ground looks good. Never seen one like in the foreground.

[William C.]

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I'm with Gene, All the midyears I have owned looked like the picture to the rear.

[Scott S.]

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Interesting...

I'm not sure, but from the majority of pictures I've found for 1963, it looks like the rubber boot is pushed down into the shifter console, like the examples in Adams p. 111 and 142.

Most pictures of 1964+ have the boot sticking up above the shifter console. A large, clear interior photo of a 1964 Corvette in Road & Track shows the double-lip in the opening for the shift lever. All of my other Road & Track photos are reprints and lacking detail.

Examples of the 1964+ shift boot in Adams can be seen on pages 223 (unsure), 256 (looks like double-lip), 297 (clearly a double-lip), 301 (unsure), 365 (unsure), 369 (double-lip) and p. 436 (clearly a double-lip).

Of course, it's possible that both types were used, and no way to tell whether the examples in Adams are original survivors or service replacements.

[Scott S.]

Re: 67 - 4 speed shift boot

First picture is said to be from a 1964 issue of Road and Track, not quite as easy to see the double-lip here on the TDB as it is when viewed in full size. The second picture is of a 1966 interior. Both are from the Adams website, which gives permission to post photos on other websites for discussion.


1964 R&T.jpg 1966 interior.jpg

[Alan D.]

Re: 67 - 4 speed shift boot

As for the 63 Seal, the shifter was (until late) different and all that I have seen way back when were all pressed down. Always remembered since they looked wrong. However the Seal itself is pn 3823347, see Sec s1 sheet B7.00
The 64 Seal is pn 3866183, see Sec s1 sheet A3.00. As for the double-dip, my original is a single however those shown in Nolands sure raise the question of multiple vendors hence multiple Seal appearance.
Anyone have the print?

One of the 64 Automatic Seal is pn 3844351, see Sec M35 sheet 10.00 So now we can ask what is the difference between these two, double lip ????? (Note M35 has two seals, 3844351 & 350)

[William C.]

Re: 67 - 4 speed shift boot

'63 was a whole different shifter and boot, '64 up were the same, BTW, how do you explain the '66 seats in the '64? picture?

[R N.]

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IMO, the one on the left from LIC is correct. Could it be when you took the one off the one in your car, it "un"-rolled to look the way it does..... Why not try to "re'-roll the original one to see if it will look like the one from LIC. I have an NOS one and it looks the same as the LIC one does.

[John H.]

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I've never seen one like the one on the right in Stephen's picture either; the LICS boot on the left looks more like the correct part to me.

[Michael J.]

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It is also important how it fits on the shifter during shifting and in the frame. The one I got was not like the original in fit.

[Scott S.]

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'63 was a whole different shifter and boot, '64 up were the same, BTW, how do you explain the '66 seats in the '64? picture?

Bill,

The first picture is supposed to be of a 1964 Corvette, from the 1964 issue of Road & Track. The second picture, with the '66 seats, is supposed to be a 1966 Corvette, but I don't know if it is a factory photo or not.

[Scott S.]

Re: 67 - 4 speed shift boot

IMO, the one on the left from LIC is correct. Could it be when you took the one off the one in your car, it "un"-rolled to look the way it does..... Why not try to "re'-roll the original one to see if it will look like the one from LIC. I have an NOS one and it looks the same as the LIC one does.

Kurt,

My NOS example is also like the one from LIC in post #1. I tried "re-rolling" the lip (at the opening for the shifter lever) on my old one, it doesn't want to go easily, and when you force it, it still doesn't look like the NOS or LIC example.