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PrimoOptimoso · 07-15-2014, 05:38 PM

So I found a 66 that I like from the outside, but it has a terrible interior with buckets and a wooden console with a B&M auto shifter. I'd want to put a bench back in there, but the shifter is between the buckets, too far back for a bench.

1. can the shifter be moved forward a bunch?
2. can the shifting entirely move back to the column, somehow?

I would really want a bench in there - way more comfortable IMHO than any bucket, especially modern.

Plus, being in a nice truck with a bench reminds me of my childhood in my grandpa's hotrodded '73 Ranger. (Digression follows: My grandfather was a pro drag racer down at Aquasco a million years ago and his personal vehicles followed suit - that truck cracked like thunder when he goosed it, and had big fat tires in the back, little ones in front, a Kilroy peering over the bugshield on the leading edge of the hood like he was hanging on for dear life... yeah buddy. That's a big part of why I want an old truck myself! Too bad I don't like Ford styling quite as much as Chevy.)

07-15-2014, 05:38 PM	#1
PrimoOptimoso Registered User Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 17	OK, here's one - B&M shifter move forward, or back to the column? So I found a 66 that I like from the outside, but it has a terrible interior with buckets and a wooden console with a B&M auto shifter. I'd want to put a bench back in there, but the shifter is between the buckets, too far back for a bench. 1. can the shifter be moved forward a bunch? 2. can the shifting entirely move back to the column, somehow? I would really want a bench in there - way more comfortable IMHO than any bucket, especially modern. Plus, being in a nice truck with a bench reminds me of my childhood in my grandpa's hotrodded '73 Ranger. (Digression follows: My grandfather was a pro drag racer down at Aquasco a million years ago and his personal vehicles followed suit - that truck cracked like thunder when he goosed it, and had big fat tires in the back, little ones in front, a Kilroy peering over the bugshield on the leading edge of the hood like he was hanging on for dear life... yeah buddy. That's a big part of why I want an old truck myself! Too bad I don't like Ford styling quite as much as Chevy.)