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Barrrf
05-25-2021, 09:37 AM
Hello, fellers. Im currently using a B&M Pro Stick mounted right to the floor in my 69 Chevelle. Im about to start fitting up a fiberglass center console. This particular shifter doesnt seem to have any good mounting options or trim plates for the console so Im looking for alternatives. Addtionally, Im not very creative so there may be something out there I can use with this shifter but I dont.

Those with Autos and custom center consoles what did you do?

Tsaints1115
05-25-2021, 11:59 AM
I went with this one. A big plus is it can use any Tremec bolt pattern shift lever and can be swapped to cable linkage.

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/clayton-machine-works-gated-floor-shifter/

Zspoiler
05-25-2021, 05:25 PM
What console are you going to use ? On a shifter mount you can ask B & M what available .,Modify the one you have And or think outside the box and fab your own design .It part of the challenger's and fun of a car guy.

MCMLXIX
05-26-2021, 04:14 AM
different applications have different cover plates … here's one for a Jeep Wrangler JK
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2021/05/81177_0219296-1.jpg https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2021/05/81177_0719296-1.jpg

MCMLXIX
05-26-2021, 04:20 AM
Another option is pulling from another car, like the Pontiac G8 GT …
OEM design and function for a 4L80e and there are aftermarket options for a different shift knob...


https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

Barrrf
05-27-2021, 10:01 AM
What console are you going to use ? On a shifter mount you can ask B & M what available .,Modify the one you have And or think outside the box and fab your own design .It part of the challenger's and fun of a car guy.

I have a prefabbed glass console. Im not even going to attempt to fab my own - Ive tried that on other things and it doesnt turn out like my minds eye saw it turning out. I know my limitations.

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I went with this one. A big plus is it can use any Tremec bolt pattern shift lever and can be swapped to cable linkage.

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/clayton-machine-works-gated-floor-shifter/

Ive been looking all around for this but cant anything in stock anywhere or even a time when they would be deliverable. This one, being gated, I think would be the best and would be easy to sow up a boot or something for it.

MCMLXIX
05-27-2021, 07:20 PM
Ive been looking all around for this but cant anything in stock anywhere or even a time when they would be deliverable. This one, being gated, I think would be the best and would be easy to sow up a boot or something for it.

In ordered a different shifter from Lokar through MCB and was told 8 weeks.... check with Matt or Kim from Matt's Classic Bowtie