37 Ford build--IE: old Header issues thread /37 Ford/5.0/GT40P heads

[Irelands child]

Hey Dave,

Was just looking at your interior pics again and had a couple of questions that are somewhat related.....since I'm putting the MC back under the floor and also putting a Lokar shifter on the floor, how big a hole do I need for the shifter? It's the trans-mount 23" Lokar and the instrustions do not address the size hole needed. I assume it will need to be big enough to remove the shifter part of the mechanism if I ever have to pull the tranny again. I guess it will also depend on what size shifter boot I get......any thoughts?

Also, did you make your console or buy it like that?

Where do you intend to put your gas pedal and brake pedal in relation to where your steering column goes through the floor?

Oh, and how ya been? We haven't chatted for a few days....LOL! I've been busy fitting my new floor. It's requiring a little trimming here and there and my brake pedal is going to need some modification to clear the big block firewall. Getting the last section of the trans cover to fit is going to be the great challenge after trimming the toe boards. I'm a little concerned about having enough room for the gas pedal next to the brake pedal. If I had really big feet, it would be even more worrysome I think....

Anyway, hope all is well on your end.

Randy

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 . 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.

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