I have a spare 1970 B body shifter, which has the longer shift lever arms.
Has anyone ever used that shifter in an E body to get a short shifter throw?
Any interference issues?
I used to be able to buy the dual hole plates from the dealer years ago. But now I get stuff at swap meets.
If you have some good drill bits, Your can drill some new holes to convert your arms to have that 2nd hole. I've used a sharp carbide tipped die grinder bit to slowly sneak up on the desired final hole size. Just make sure that you start with a plate that is at the straight up and down angle when in neutral and facing the shifter. (not 90 degrees to the floor) All plates have different angles cut where they bolt to the side of the shifter forks. If you don't have e-body plates, you want a plate that travels forward and back across an arc and equal distance from neutral in relation to the lower linkage hole in it's corresponding shifter plate. Sometimes flipping plates over or using some from different applications work. The OD ones are cut at a different angle too.
for the shifter mechanism, I've had to cut off the outside shifter leg then weld it spaced out about half an inch. If you look at an E-body shifter, you'll see that that the outside shifter plate is spaced out farther than a b-body shifter.
LOL, I have a welder, I make stuff work.
