63 Dodge Dart, now let me see;)

Dne007 said
This was the other way, not that it made any difference. here it's not connected to the shifter

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The rod looks close to my original 1964 3-4 rod. I think your "leave" sheetmetal is not left on the originals. Maybe trim the sheet metal to the crossmember frame? Let me check the 66.