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Hello,
I'm thinking of changing my 727 trans from a column shift to a console shift. Has anybody done that or know somebody who has? Can I mount the new console linkage to the original column trans? Or is the whole thing impossible and I'm crazy? Any help or suggestions will be appericated. Thanks.

Dan

The transmission isn't the problem. What you are missing in your car beyond the obvious is the console and shifter bracketing - necessary for the shifter's Z-bar to work and for the shifter and console to be mounted. What the transmission will need is the Z-bar's lower pivot bracket. Also, the column-shift steering column may be something you wish to change out for the non-shifter type. When you get the shifter from the donor car, make sure you get ALL the stuff you need and/or want. Don't forget the two rods - one that connects the slap-stick shifter to the Z-bar and one that connects the bottom of the Z-bar to the shifter on the transmission. If I missed anything, sorry - I'm working from the memory of work I did a year ago.