Re: What is this B-Body console top for?
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Any 1970 B body I would guess..4 speed What 4-speed? That's not where the stock shifter comes through.
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Re: What is this B-Body console top for?
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I've seen one car before with a console but no floor shifter - hard to find photos though. See right side "View A" below
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Re: What is this B-Body console top for?
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My guess is this plate is for a column shifted Car that opted for buckets and console. I must say I have never seen a 69 or 70 B body equipped this way. The diagram just above (view A) shows it would have had some type of filler plate attached.
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Re: What is this B-Body console top for?
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And this is the automatic. This plate would have been for the slap stick auto shifter. The early push button auto shifter didn't have the center piece. (Or it was the other way around. ) No slap stick shifter available on 69-70 B body.
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Re: What is this B-Body console top for?
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My guess is that they produced a version for aftermarket automatic shifters. The placement of the hole in the plate is the same as for the automatic version - only without the center bar. Probably. Advertised as for a 4-speed, but your idea makes more sense.
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Re: What is this B-Body console top for?
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I've seen one car before with a console but no floor shifter - hard to find photos though. See right side "View A" below
That's crazy. Never even heard of an option like this.
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Re: What is this B-Body console top for?
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OER part number: MB539 Found this image and link to Carid,com listed for a 1970 Charger???? but when you go to the link it doesn't appear, just a bunch of other console and nothing like this one??? I didn't search the entire listing though. Can't see how there would be enough room to shift a 4-speed in that small of an opening. Would a 3-speed trans be any different in space needed to go through the gears?? (I wouldn't think so). BTW it looks like the same image as you posted. Mike
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