Floor shifter or not?

DusterDaddy said
Thanks for the pics! It looks like you left the knuckle on the steering column too as far as I can see in the pics. I am just finishing rust repairs now and bolting the doors, fenders, hood and deck lid back on in preparation for body work over the rest of the summer.

I like the way your interior looks and the column shift knuckle does not stand out. I'm going to leave the knuckle on the column ( I was going to cut it off and do the JB weld Bondo conversion ) But after seeing yours I think I'll leave my options open.

I know it would look a bit better without that tab on the column and maybe I'll do like you said and cut it off and fill it. One thing I made sure of before mounting the floor shifter was that I allowed room for the bench seat to still adjust all of the way forward. Without having bent my arm back it would hit my dash and if I moved the shifter further back it restricted the seat adjustment. I do like the action of a ratchet shifter with an automatic. I had originally bought an aluminum pistol grip handle to use with this shifter but I would have had to have put another bend in the arm (making it more 'S' shaped). If I put the pistol grip handle on as it is now the handle is angled down too low to be comfortable.