'69 Barracuda T56 swap, floor, cross member
Shortened the front console bracket. I cut it in half, rebent it, cut a bunch of length out of it, then welded the two halves back together. You can see how long/tall it used to be in second picture back when the original front floor section was still in the car. The lower front area of the console has also been shaved 1/4" or so to get console to sit lower on the taller trans tunnel.
I also used jack stands to hold the car level side to side then used level on console and rebent bracket to fit. I plan to get front seats out of storage bolt them into car to do some test fitting prior to welding in console brackets. Cause the gaps between console and front seats are tight and need to be uniform/balanced to get the correct look etc etc etc.
Note that console and front seats are centered in the car side to side. But transmission tunnel is offset to the passengers side. So console sort of hangs over the trans tunnel on the driver's side because console is centered and trans tunnel is offset. Rocker to rocker its 58" so 29" is center on the tunnel marked by a sharpy in the first picture.
Why does T56 shifter end up near center in trans tunnel? Because Tremec clocks the transmission rotated 5 degrees toward the drivers side to angle shifter toward center of tunnel.
Shortened the front console bracket. I cut it in half, rebent it, cut a bunch of length out of it, then welded the two halves back together. You can see how long/tall it used to be in second picture back when the original front floor section was still in the car. The lower front area of the console has also been shaved 1/4" or so to get console to sit lower on the taller trans tunnel.
I also used jack stands to hold the car level side to side then used level on console and rebent bracket to fit. I plan to get front seats out of storage bolt them into car to do some test fitting prior to welding in console brackets. Cause the gaps between console and front seats are tight and need to be uniform/balanced to get the correct look etc etc etc.
Note that console and front seats are centered in the car side to side. But transmission tunnel is offset to the passengers side. So console sort of hangs over the trans tunnel on the driver's side because console is centered and trans tunnel is offset. Rocker to rocker its 58" so 29" is center on the tunnel marked by a sharpy in the first picture.
Why does T56 shifter end up near center in trans tunnel? Because Tremec clocks the transmission rotated 5 degrees toward the drivers side to angle shifter toward center of tunnel.