i agree with you on the console idea, it would look better with your suggestions but the wife has real short legs and seat has to move all the way forward for her to reach the pedals which puts the seat right against the console as it is built now. and wanted the shifter as far back as possible so with the seat all the way back I can reach it without having to lean forward so couldn't shorten the console to get the rear curved down like I also would have preferred. Another deciding factor was my wife has recently retired and is home helping me build these rods everyday now and wanted to give her some sense of accomplishment here and I just told her the shifter, air controls and radio have to go in there so go design it. This is what she came up with. I did tell her she had the option of slanting the top of the console down more parallel with the transmission hump instead of parallel with the floor but she made the decision on floor and is happy with it so that is what we have. I would have slanted it down more and also incorporated your rear feature ideas.

On the gas tank I used the holes in the bottom and front edge of the tank that are built into the tank to bolt it in. Had to weld a couple tabs to the square metal cage that separates the trunk from the drivers compartment to bolt it at top and also use some 2" wide steel welded to the bottom part of that cage extending to the rear which is what the tank is sitting on and is bolted to at bottom. I will get some photos with the tank out of the car soon. Didn't like to have to cross the fuel lines over to the passenger side for my small block chevy with 3 deuces but that is the only drawback to what I have. The tank mounted easily and can easily be removed for service with just 4 bolts holding it and the electric fuel pump and fuel regulator sits just below and about a foot in front of the tank under the car so that plumbs rather easily. Just have to get the line up to the engine now. Will have battery under car to mount yet with it going right below driver seat with an Optima battery laying on its side and the transmission cooler is going under passenger seat. Will engineer and build those mounts tomorrow. This is my favorite part of the build, designing and engineering everything to work together, fit properly and built to be serviced as needed in future. Once it is all bolted together and ready to be blown apart for paint it becomes more work than fun for me. below is photo of my last build when it was basically ready to drive except for wiring but I had to blow it apart and spend several months doing body and paint work. With all the rust repair it needed plus the chopping the top, channeling, etc, etc. it was hundreds of hours of body and paint work massaging those areas for a good straight finish. Was a 5 month job getting it back together to where you see it in this photo except fully painted. Getting too old for all that now so will enjoy what little body work will be needed to paint this 32. Don't expect to spend much more than a week on this 32 from blowing it apart to having it all back together painted.