01-29-2011, 07:36 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: McKinney,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA GT #2077, 331 SBF, Webers, Gurney Eagle heads
Posts: 1,275
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Quote:
Originally Posted by strictlypersonl
On an early car we've got in the shop right now, the shift lever is offset quite a bit toward the passenger's side.
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Exactly, for the toploader. The Tremec hole, if it is symmetrical around the shifter, will be more toward the center of the tunnel and a bit forward. When I did this conversion, I just blanked the original hole off with a riveted aluminum plate. Then set the tunnel down on the Tremec stub (in neutral) and tap with a mallet to mark the center of the new hole.
If you do the blanking plate from underneath and fill with a little Bondo on top, you can't tell once the carpet is laid. Of course a perfectionist would fabricate a new top panel for the tunnel. It's just a flat sheet of alum.
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