'69 Barracuda T56 swap, floor, cross member
Yeah I would suspect you'll need to do a lot more work to the forward section of the tunnel. I had to fold the entire pinch weld flat, and then even raise that section with some relief cuts to make adequate clearance to get at the bell housing bolts. Even still I cut a hole that I fill with a floor plug to access one of the bolts. The passenger side of the tunnel was the part that needed the most work on my car.
I also took the rear opening back further, and made the top section removable. Maybe not as clean looking, but I wanted to be able to pull and reinstall the transmission easily without having to do all kinds of gymnastics to get it done.
But even without the console installed it's not crazy looking once the carpet is in, other than the hole leftover from my 4 speed shifter there isn't much to look at, and the 4 speed carpet still fits easily over the modified tunnel. Some of the hump to the carpet on the left side is actually just how it's formed to clear the 4 speed hump that's not there, there's some space under the carpet and between the tunnel in this picture. It's since relaxed down a bit.
Yeah I would suspect you'll need to do a lot more work to the forward section of the tunnel. I had to fold the entire pinch weld flat, and then even raise that section with some relief cuts to make adequate clearance to get at the bell housing bolts. Even still I cut a hole that I fill with a floor plug to access one of the bolts. The passenger side of the tunnel was the part that needed the most work on my car.
I also took the rear opening back further, and made the top section removable. Maybe not as clean looking, but I wanted to be able to pull and reinstall the transmission easily without having to do all kinds of gymnastics to get it done.
But even without the console installed it's not crazy looking once the carpet is in, other than the hole leftover from my 4 speed shifter there isn't much to look at, and the 4 speed carpet still fits easily over the modified tunnel. Some of the hump to the carpet on the left side is actually just how it's formed to clear the 4 speed hump that's not there, there's some space under the carpet and between the tunnel in this picture. It's since relaxed down a bit.