Sounds like you have been busy - as I have. With owning a pretty good size house and on a fairly large lot, plus a pickup truck that is getting a bit along in age, I'm busy - then there is my hobby car:HMMM: . Spring raking and cleaning the yard, a brake job on my truck (started making noises on the way home from looking at the one mentioned above) just to make life interesting. My wife got back from England and I had to at least clean the worst of my mess in the house up before she got here. So, all is fine here (or should I say normal) and hope you are doing well.Quote:
Originally Posted by randyr
OK - with the floorboard hole hole for the shifter - if you know which bolt holes on the gold colored plate it will be finally mounted (may need the seats in) you have to start out with a center line of the shifter assembly and carefully measure it up. The actual hole for mine is is quite small, 3.250 long by 3.50 wide. See the photo (you will also get a chance to see some of my welds BEFORE I took a short course). The cheaper Lokar boot is too small to fit well. This entire process is touchy as centerlines are kinda tough to define.
The e-brake hole is that oblong hole next to the shifter hole
The console was made up of 3/8" tubing and some sheet metal and some ABS plastic, then covered with the interior upholstery. The front cover metal has cutouts for a JVC stereo, an AC/heat vent and their controls. I bracketed it to the floor - see the channel just behind the shifter hole and to the dash. This console is not done yet - the covering still needs some finishing and the accessory holes trimmed out.
The gas pedal is fairly close to the steering column with the top of the pedal bell crank being generally in line with the Edelbrock carb. Foot room is at a premium and my size 12's are........
I did have to modify the brake pedal using my torch, a vise, hammer and crescent wrenches. This was a TCI error - wrong pedal arm but close enough to be made to fit with some judicious gas wrench help.
Hope this is some help to you.
Later