[benoit454]

Heck yea you can put an auto floor shift in a bench seat truck. We had floor shift 3 speed then 4 speed in a bench seat, and not out in the floor but right in front of the seat on our 76.

Plus most aftermarket auto's have their own plastic console to use, and they have a cable operation, so you can mount the thing on the dash if you wanted to and it still work. No Lie, they sell like 10 ft. cables for them.

Now something like the unimatic or indymatic that uses a rod, to shift that may be different since it kinda mounts on the tailshaft. But for a cable operated auto you can put it anywheres, and as others said make your own console as big as you want, or use the one they come with. Most of them are short so reaching them would require a bend down or lean over, where as the rod operated ones usually are taller sticks/handles. Maybe you can find a long handle and change it, or just get creative.

Also I know on my hurst vmatic 2 shifter you can cut your old linkage bracket, and weld it to the hurst piece, so you can retain the gear selector in the dash, and the reverse lights and neutral safety work just as they did stock.