Bench seat shot I want to replace but with??

I agree the bench is not something you see anymore. Plus I love how the seat fold forward to allow access to the back seat. However, with my car having a A/C duct mounted under the dash there is no room to properly mount the floor shifter. I was going to swap out to a non A/C heater box, but there rebuilding the fire wall is not something I have the time for right now. If some of you have pictures of the A/C duct mounted with a floor shifter and a bench seat I woudl love to see them! Or ideas how to eleminate that duct but still use the A/C box, I would like to hear those also.