69 charger floor shifter location?

[Mike meeks]

Good morning, I'm working on a 69 charger that was butchered by previous so-called restorer. It was previously a column shift car converted to a floor shift. When you put the shifter in park your knuckles hit the dashboard. Can anybody tell me an approximate distance from the dashboard to the shifter when it's in park? Because the geometry down at the transmission is off now. If anybody has photos of a car without the carpet that would be great too. Thank you very much. Thanks, Mike

 

[Mike meeks]

Sorry, forgot to say that it's an automatic

 

[Basket case]

Is it a factory shifter? Unless they butchered the floor, there is a round raised area where the factory seal goes for the rod from the shifter to the transmission. Very easy to line the shifter up using that for refrence.

 

[Mike meeks]

Yes, it is a factory shifter but I don't think your knuckles are supposed to hit the dashboard the ashtray when you put it in park

 

[QuickBpBp]

Yes, it is a factory shifter but I don't think your knuckles are supposed to hit the dashboard the ashtray when you put it in park

No it shouldn't. Pull the console auto shift plate off, take a picture and show us the linkage as to where the torque shaft goes through the floor.

 

[dadsbee]

Pictures are worth a 1000 words around here....

 

[Mike meeks]

Ok I will, please stay posted, I'll try and get them tonight

 

[Mike meeks]

Oh the crimes that were committed here

 

[Mike meeks]

Just to show you what a butcher this guy was. He put a 71 to 74 b. Body rear end in and hardware store bolts in the k-frame

 

[Mike meeks]

The list goes on and on

 

[QuickBpBp]

Going off memory that looks like an A-body console shifter mount... which I believe has a shorter shift rod to the torque shaft... Although that mount has 4 holes for the shifter mechanism which is a later type that uses a chrome plate. Probably a hodge podge of parts.

 

[Mike meeks]

Also, are the choke mechanism that goes in the manifold still available for this

 

[Mike meeks]

Is there a part number on the shifter mechanism?

 

[PRHeads]

To me it looks like it’s got the wrong handle.

The correct one has more of a bend to it.

 

[steve340]

I have a 1968 GTX so I suppose the shifter position/handle will be the same or similar. My shift handle has the bend fairly low like the pic shows posted by PRHeads.
My car measures 2 inches from the closest edge of the shifter knob to the ashtray.

 

[Mike meeks]

I have a 69 dart with a floor shift. The shifter looks the same as what's in this '69 charger. Does anybody have a picture of what a '69 charger floor shift looks like?

 

[QuickBpBp]

I have a 69 dart with a floor shift. The shifter looks the same as what's in this '69 charger. Does anybody have a picture of what a '69 charger floor shift looks like?

PRHeads posted the correct picture of the shifter handle. Is yours bent like the one he posted? That would make a big difference if indeed yours is bent forward..

 

[Mike meeks]

Yes, the shifter handle is bent. I'll get a picture of it from the side, but I just wonder if the whole mechanism between an a body and bbody is different

 

[Mike meeks]

Actually looking at the two it looks like the bend for the bbody is further down towards the console

 

[Mike meeks]

Thanks for the pictures PR