Floor shifter or not?

We are a long way from needing to decide floor or column. I posted this thread when I first located the bench seat. I was possibly going to put buckets in the car, in which case I would have gone with a console shifter. At this point I have my motor and trans. The motor is a mild build 318 and the trans is stock. I've been told even if I decide to stay column shift to put a shift kit in the 904 even if I run a stock converter because the trans will shift so much better than without it.

Rust repair and reconstruction are near complete and now I'm just getting going on putting the body panels back on and doing the quarter skins. I wont cut the shifter knuckle off the column just yet...

I think if I use the red plaid fabric on the seats I would need to keep the car a column shift. If I go with black leather we could put it on the floor...Decisions decisions!