Committed a little bit of blasphemy this past week. I did a floor shifter conversion with factory floor shifter. due to some reasons ill elaborate on i opted not to run the coffin shaped center console. the first issue was, because my bucket seat brackets are from B body i had to flip the passenger and driver seat which now makes the seat sliders stick out into the center area just enough the factory console absolutely will not fit.
Reason 2, I find the factory console to be extremely lackluster, and quite frankly, way too heavy to be as useless as it is with no arm rest, drink holders, or Lockable compartment (at least not the early style one i had)
For these reasons i decided to do my own thing and fab up a "Shifter box" Console which i wrapped in black vinyl and topped with a gear shift indicator chrome bezel from a 69 Mustang....
I think it looks pretty good, im not a professional so i know the shifter console is a bit boxy and the wrap job isn't the greatest, but it will work for now.
overall I like it, Eventually ill revisit the box and maybe try to sculpt something with better curves and lines in fiberglass.
Reason 2, I find the factory console to be extremely lackluster, and quite frankly, way too heavy to be as useless as it is with no arm rest, drink holders, or Lockable compartment (at least not the early style one i had)
For these reasons i decided to do my own thing and fab up a "Shifter box" Console which i wrapped in black vinyl and topped with a gear shift indicator chrome bezel from a 69 Mustang....
I think it looks pretty good, im not a professional so i know the shifter console is a bit boxy and the wrap job isn't the greatest, but it will work for now.
overall I like it, Eventually ill revisit the box and maybe try to sculpt something with better curves and lines in fiberglass.
