Brian, Thanks very much, your information is the best so far. However, I checked with the Lokar folks today and they say they do not support that lever in any way. If you plan to use your present column with the Lokar shifter on the floor you will have the same question which is how to separately move the lever to and from what used to be the PARK position to lock/unlock the column OR even to keep it unlocked all the time. Maybe it is possible to put a slave rod from the Lokar shift rods to the column lever and that is the logical solution but it remains to be seen how much room there is for the rod under the A floor and what shape the rod needs to be. That probably can only be worked out with the trans and the column in the car. Keep in touch as to what you decide to do. Since the A floor is flat and the column lever extends below the floor it may be possible to just attach a rod with a few set screw collars between the end of the Lokar rod and the grommet hole? Since you are a very innovative fellow and the Speedway sleeve will allow you to remove the side shifter and cover the hole maybe you will go ahead and solve this problem and send me a picture? I guess I will go ahead and put the column back together with the new parts and locate the signal return plate as best I can and then hope a slave rod can be worked out to maintain the locking feature along with the Lokar floor shift. As far as the solution is concerned, all that is needed is a small block of metal (steel for strength) with two holes drilled the size of the Lokar shift rod and the slave rod and with a threaded set screw (1/4" hex bolt for a way to get a wrench on it to tighten it good) for each rod and then attach the slave rod to the Lokar rod and to the shift lever at the other end. If something like a header pipe is in the way it might be possible to put a bend in the slave rod to get around it. Let me know what you find.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder