anyone went from console to non-console manual trans?

[CB]

I have a console 4-speed car but since the lower shifter boot isn't really an easy to find part and because my console is a little rough I might just delete the console. For the time being at least.

what's your idea?
Some even like the clean look of just a stick instead of the console/stick combo.

Thanks
CB

[mikepmcs]

Those 4spd/with console boots look to be available on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MOPAR-1968-1970-B-BODY-4-SPEED-SHIFTER-BOOT-NEW_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ10076QQihZ010QQitemZ200303224629QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1969-Dodge-Plymouth-Mopar-B-body-4-speed-shifter-boot_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34208QQihZ016QQitemZ260410789212QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[CB]

Those 4spd/with console boots look to be available on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MOPAR-1968-1970-B-BODY-4-SPEED-SHIFTER-BOOT-NEW_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ10076QQihZ010QQitemZ200303224629QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1969-Dodge-Plymouth-Mopar-B-body-4-speed-shifter-boot_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34208QQihZ016QQitemZ260410789212QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

thanks but there is something not right here
mine looks like in my other thread.
All they sell is non console boots

[Troy]

Finding a nice non-console shifter will likely be as hard as finding the right boot. Everything for the console is reproduced I believe. Plus, you'll have to cut the brackets off the floor and change your carpet.

Oh, and I prefer the non-console look but if I had an original 4-speed car with a console I wouldn't change it (fortunately, mine's non-console so I don't have to stress about it).

Troy

[bull]

A console is definitely something you can live without, at least temporarily. I will probably end up driving mine before I get the console in place because I doubt I'll have the patience to save up the $1,000 I'll need to replace it all until later.

[charge-it]

The lower console boot looks nothing like the upper console boot. The last I heard was Brewers bought up all the nos ones and sold them off. Good luck finding one, I`ve been looking for three years. I have a pic of the lower boot. You would have thought that before selling them all off they would have at least saved one to have them re-popped. Here`s what it looks like. If anyone even has a used one I need one.

[CB]

The lower console boot looks nothing like the upper console boot. The last I heard was Brewers bought up all the nos ones and sold them off. Good luck finding one, I`ve been looking for three years. I have a pic of the lower boot. You would have thought that before selling them all off they would have at least saved one to have them re-popped. Here`s what it looks like. If anyone even has a used one I need one.

I've seen that pic somehere on the forum. That's the one I need too...

[Ryan]

Do you really need to use that exact boot? I used a 70 lower boot on my car and it works fine, plus its covered by the console anyways. It may not look correct below but who will ever see it?

[CB]

they definitely used the wrong year one on my car.

It is junk now:

[mikepmcs]

I've seen that pic somehere on the forum. That's the one I need too...

It was on this thread

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,42237.0.html

[charge-it]

Do you really need to use that exact boot? I used a 70 lower boot on my car and it works fine, plus its covered by the console anyways. It may not look correct below but who will ever see it?

That`s what I`ve done. Your right, no one will ever see it...

[Brightyellow69rtse]

they definitely used the wrong year one on my car.

It is junk now:

thats the exact boot on my car too. mines all tore up aswell. this boot has been giving me nightmares forever. i dunno what to do about it. i was also thinking of just deleting the console aswell.

whats involved in swaping over to a big long pistol grip shifter?