[Mike Davis]

Originally Posted by Formulajones

I've heard it called many different names, but I believe the official name I hear more often is "rally" shifter. I call it a ratchet shifter myself.

Either way, it appears in every way as a stock standard shifter on the outside but it has a ratchet mechanism feature so it can be manually shifted one gear at a time if pulled back into first gear, it has the ability to be pushed sideways and clicks up one gear. Nothing on the outside of the shifter indicates that it does this, unless you physically try it. I actually like this shifter better than the his/hers.

Dad's 69 GTO came factory with the rally (ratchet) shifter and I've always liked it. He recently wanted a his and hers installed that he bought 45 years ago. His and Hers is currently in the car and I just haven't been a total fan of it, the shifts don't feel as positive to me like the rally shifter does and if you aren't precise and careful with the his/hers, you can still bump it past the gear you want, and the extra gate adds confusion anyway. Neat gimmick back in the day.

On my 67 with the H/H shifter, if you are over in the manual (right) gate and push the lever to the right it will only go up one notch at a time. If you just push it forward it will go to far if not careful.