2 console and top plate best bet is to find a nice used original base and maybe a new repop top plate.
Colum shifter to floor shifter.
Although i have never tried it i have heard you can remove the lever from the trans and rotate it 180 and reinstall it.
Great friend and master fabricator ben emerson converted a column shifter to a floor shifter as part of the restoration of our 1937 gougeon streamliner.
Are you using a factory type floor shifter or is it aftermarket.
6 putting the floor shifter aside you can start by using the 6 pin harness from the column shifter and plug it into the 6 pin harness from the vehicle wiring harness.
That will require you to drop the pan and possibly the valve body as well.
1 correct floor shift steering column easy to change out i found one that was already rebuilt and painted up.
You can replace your column shifter with a floor shifter in less than eight hours.
If you are modifying your car and want to change from a column shifter to a floor shifter the job is as simple as changing a few levers.
And that will be no big deal if you have the removable center floor piece like the 49 51 s do.
I am interested in buying your column and shifter if you re pulling it out of the car.
Not long after the swap i decided to go a step further and switch the car from it s rather worn out original column shift to a floor shift configuration as well.
Got a few things to trade as well.
The auto column shift components are way more plentiful than the floor shift pieces.
Go on ahead and turn on your vehicle and test your column shifter and make sure that it goes through all the gears as it s suppose to.
Or you can bondo up the old one and paint it to match to cover up the hole.
I grabbed my laptop and punched up.