How To Make A Floor Shifter Into A Column Shifter

You can replace your column shifter with a floor shifter in less than eight hours.

How to make a floor shifter into a column shifter.

If this is your first visit be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. If the column shifter pulls the linkage forward for park the floor shifter will push it into low gear while displaying park on the console. You may have to register before you can post. Click the register link above to proceed.

To start viewing messages select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. In order to create a column mounted shifter the actual transmission shift mechanism now had to have a series of external shifter shafts linkage arms shift rods and levers for this design to be feasible. A column shifter is located on the steering column of your automobile usually on the right side. We take our project 1960 pontiac catalina and continue its upgrades converting its classic column shift to a floor shift cruiser with parts from lokar.

Automotive engineers in detroit wanted to get away from floormounted shifters and create shifters built into the steering column.