I have both an original factory Hurst shifter for my '69 and the over-the-counter version with stop bolts and bolt-on handle. I also have a couple other Hursts that I have no idea what they fit.

My question is how can I tell if any of the linkage rods I already have are correct for use with the factory shifter in my smallblock '69?

If I need to buy the correct ones, where is the best source?

I see Heartbeat City sells some high $ repops they claim are hardened and perfectly correct (unlike the "others"?), and that they also offer a rebuild kit for the shifter (cool!). Anyone had experience with any of this?

You can ID rods if you find a number on them.
Hurst OEM rod is different no. then Hurst aftermarket rod
But not all OEM rods have a number.
The OEM rod ends are different then Hurst aftermarket ends
The OEM rod threads are course on the rev rod and the 1-2, the 3-4 OEM rod has fine threads
Hurst aftermarket are all fine threads

I printed a photo from one of Heartbeat's auctions and did some careful comparing as best I could. All of my rods that are that thick (some are thinner) have the U-shaped threaded adjuster which only their reverse rod has. Their other two have the square-block type in their photo. Also, only 1 of my rods looks close enough in shape to the ones in their photo to be called a "maybe".

If their's is as correct and accurate a repop as they say, it looks like I need to buy some. Mine are still mounted on various greasy shifters, so I will need to do some cleaning to look for numbers.

If you can post a picture I may be able to help ID them.
The 67-68 Muncie shifter used a larger 7/16 dia rod the 69 rods were 3/8 then later rods went back up to 7/16 rods
The aftermarket Hurst rods were 3/8 dia but made of better steel that was heat treated and very hard to bend.
I see the aftermarket Hurst rods on a lot of the old used OEM shifters.

So with a February car, I probably need the smaller 3/8 heat treated rods?

As for the photos, my wife has promised to put the software for the digital camera I bought her for Christmas over onto this computer that I use and to show me how to download from the camera. Getting it posted to a website will maybe be another challenge, though I should be able to email images easily enough. Sorry, I'm just not real swift with new technology. An analog guy in a digital world...

Give me a couple days to see what I can get figured out. I was just bugging her to get this computer set up for it so I can try to sell some excess stuff here and on ebay.

my email is in my profile if you want to send pictures to me.

The Hurst aftermarket rods are the good heat treated rods and should have a Hurst part number on them and are fine thread.