[Scarebird]

Originally Posted by 433lemans

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Up to and including 1966, the factory Hurst levers were welded to the internal "selector" of the mechanism. To remove the lever one would have to disassemble the entire shifter body. If it is truly a '66 Hurst, this would be the case. Beginning in 1967 the factory shifters have the removable levers.

My 66 442 had the factory Hurst shifter - the lever could be removed with a thin piece of sheet metal - tricky at best.

Tom's idea is best - set it up on the bench then remove the shifter lever rearward nuts leaving the front nuts in place. Then once trans is mounted, slide rods back into shifter levers and replace rear nuts.