custom console pics??????

Did you consider starting out with a beat up factory console and modifying it? I picked up an A-body floor shift console as the guy was loading it on his truck the last day of Chryslers at Carlisle. It was beat up, but I got it for a song. I modified the top plate and mounted a Hurst Promatic 2 shifter. I am also removing the ash tray, and thinking about hiding a switch panel for an electric fan override switch ( to be able to keep the fan running while the car is shut off between rounds ), and possibly a line-lock switch or whatever. When the sliding door is shut, it will still look like an ash tray. I went the opposite route, no woodgrain, but repro woodgrain inserts are available cheap if you even start with just the factory top plate and make a custom base. Just an option for you.