Console....

jonn6464 said

Yeah, I really never understood the design of the A body console. Skinny at the back and wide at the front. Plus, no raised area for an arm rest. If they were flipped around they would make more sense. Wide between the seats, narrowing at the shifter.
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I guess MOPAR was just worried about going fast!!!

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The A body console was designed probably in 1964-65 and first appeared during the 1966 model year. The basic design carried through until the end. Chrysler never had money to spend on redesigns like GM and Ford. And frankly, I think GM dashes look cheap. They built a lot of cars with just a speedo and gas gauge and a lot of blank space.

Back in the day I removed the console from my 1967 4 speed cuda. My GF brought a little pillow that she put on top of the long floor bracket so she could sit there. It stayed forever.

Neither of my current driver cars have consoles. The 68 still has the brackets and floor shift minus the console. My 64 never had one. Just unnecessary weight and limited functionality so out it goes. Any mods I do have to earn their weight. Gotta be more positive than negative. But I use a little cheap mini console for drink holder and cell phone use for convenirnce but they don't even weigh a pound each. Easy to take out for judging. Like that will ever happen! I never weighed a complete console with brackets but they're hefty.