I doubt that Hurst ever made a shifter for our cars. I have a good friend who worked 25 years for Mr. Gasket [here in Cleveland], who owned Hurst at the time. I can not remember the exact timeframe, '99 or 2000 maybe 2001 but my buddy contacted me with a proposition. Mr. Gasket was considering making a shifter for the SC and wanted to borrow my '91 to develop the prototype. I would get the prototype for free, out of the deal. I told him that I'd need a day or two to respond because my '89 was down for maintenance. I was going to agree [no brainer] but I was talking with Bill Evanoff the next day for another reason and mentioned the above. He then told me that one of our members worked for B&M and had gotten them to make a shifter that was almost ready to market. It probably wasn't a good idea to have two companies to building a shifter for our small market. So, I informed my buddy that B&M had beaten them to the punch and that was the end of that. B&M now owns Hurst and B&M has dropped our Ripper from production [SC no longer a viable market]. It is unlikely that Hurst picked up the torch. . .
