I had bought the B & M Z Gate shifter when it was on sale for $97 plus tax at Advance Auto a couple of months ago. After buying it I got to really looking at it and decided it didn’t come close to even looking similar to a stock or even period correct shifter.
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So back to the drawing board and I finally narrowed it down to the Winters Sidewinder and Hurst Promatic, finally settling on the Promatic. It arrived a couple of days ago so now it’s time to get started on fitting it to the car in conjunction with fitting it to the B Body console
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First To do this, mounting brackets need to be fabricated to secure the console at the rear and in the middle. After making the brackets, got each set installed and welded to the tunnel and secured the console to them.
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The shifter body looks like it needs a flat surface to secure it. So I fabricated a flat panel that is secured at the front by screwing it to the tunnel at the front and tying it in to the center console support bracket in the middle. Besides the shifter it will be a good olace to install the powrr door lock modules.
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The shifter sits very well on the flat surface, although it it might be just a bit taller than I’d like. I’ll have to think about this.
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with the little console parts it comes with
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to use the B Body’s top plate is going to require some modifications (like cutting a large hole in it).
