Was poking around JP's today (finally! I got to see my car again!) and was going to swap shift levers around to see if the "correct" (per Hurst web site) lever will fit with a bench seat, since I'm fairly tall and have my seat all the way back. Well, it won't but the 6900 shift lever will almost work. I think that's the number that was recommended for bench seat cars; I found one and traded JP a brand new "correct" one for it, I think I will cut it apart and weld it back together to shorten it a little (maybe an inch or so) and lean it forward some. It just kisses the seat in 2nd gear, even with the seat all the way back, but I think modded as I envision it it will be darn near perfect. To cover up the weld you'd need to use the Mr. Gasket shift boot instead of the stock one, as I've already done. I'll try to post pics later tonight. It's almost too close to the 17" early C-K steering wheel, but as I say, I think cut and welded as I describe it will be great. "falls readily to hand" as they say.
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