Colum Shifter To Floor Shifter

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.

Colum shifter to floor shifter.

I grabbed my laptop and punched up. 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. 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.

2 console and top plate best bet is to find a nice used original base and maybe a new repop top plate. And that will be no big deal if you have the removable center floor piece like the 49 51 s do. We had some challenges because this car is actually a mid engine car with the shifting mechanism in front of the engine transmission but this involved just a reversing of the mechanism. 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. Although i have never tried it i have heard you can remove the lever from the trans and rotate it 180 and reinstall it. Are you using a factory type floor shifter or is it aftermarket. The hardest part about installing the gennie shifter is probably getting the main bracket installed.

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. 1 correct floor shift steering column easy to change out i found one that was already rebuilt and painted up. A column shifter is located on the steering column of your automobile usually on the right side. You can replace your column shifter with a floor shifter in less than eight hours.