My thought was to leave B body tail on it . Our shift farther forward where I kinda want it. A body shifter put it right where my bench seat is. I think I’d rather it 2-3” closer to firewall . And get a drive shaft cut . Am I missing something ?
Seat position and shift handle position are a personal preference. And this depends on how your tunnel / 4 speed hump is. There is different bent shifter handles. Browse by Category - Shifter Doc
Summit also has new handles.
If you look at the pic I posted, it’s just a flat steel plate with holes drilled for the tail housing to mount, and tapped holes for the shifter to mount. Uses stock A body shifter rods, and shifter placement through the hump. No mods to the floor were necessary. This would be the easiest. Then yes have the drive shaft cut, balanced and new Ujoints put in.
As a side note, Always put new Ujoints into a new unknown car you get. Don’t learn the hard way...
