Floor shifter

Has anyone changed from the column to a floor shifter? I have a 63 w/6 cyl 3 speed. My column works fine but I thought it would be cool to have a floor shift.

Yep, have you seen my 66 Econo, Vanishing Breed. It has a C5 tranny with B&M Ratchet shifter on a console in front of the dog house. You can see it here

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/733977

Scroll down about 3/4 of the way and there is a good pic of it.

Wow! Cool van, and web page.Very nice work. I wonder if something can be done with my 3 speed or if I would need to go to an automatic. These were built with automatics so I guess it could be converted. I am over in San Juan Capistrano and I see you are in Highlands. Do you have club events that I could go to?

If you go to an automatic you can get a stock Econo steering column set up for automatic trannies or do what I did. My club generally attends all charity car shows in our area. We like to support the area we live in. We do have parties at times and we always go to the Econowest meet in Pasadena. If you want I can let you know when we will be doing something. Not much going on here right now. We do have weekly meetings. Our biggest events are the Route 66 Rendezvous in San Bernardino, Calif. and the Veterans car show at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital in Loma Linda, Calif. . Charities that help kids and veterans are our favorites. The one at the veterans hospital last year raised over $320,000.00 for the veterans at the hospital. It is a one day show.

A floor shift can be hooked up but it will take a little fab work. You can bend the shift rods to clear but I made extensions off the trans so the rods were straight. I don't have any pics so I hope you get the idea. I had a toploader 4speed with a straight gate ratchet shifter and it worked very well.