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I have been kicking around the idea of creating a "hidden shifter" for an automatic equipped mustang. I have a few ideas, here's one.
If you built a console, you could move the shifter from the stock location to another location. I have considered mounting the lever in the center of the console, but not on the floor pointing towards the ceiling, but in the short section between the floor and the bottom of the dash, with the selector lever pointing towards the rear seat. The stock opening in the tranny tunnel would serve as the mounting point for the pivot material, which would use the lower portion of a stock automatic gear selector to change the gear.
The "control end" of the shifter would be mounted in the short section between the bottom of the dash and the floor as I have stated before. I frame assembly would have to be fabricated that would support the shifter and any necessary loads imposed upon it while selecting different gears. This frame assembly could also be used to frame out the console which would be used to hide the tranny tunnel opening and this frame.
The shift lever could be constructed in a manner that would allow it to be small enough to be hidden behind a trap door in the short console section. The connections between the remote selector location and the normal location would be made using 3/8 rod and heim ends for adjustability and stability. The end near the remote selectors would be connected to a L or V bracket, which would have to be sized to allow for the correct travel of the rods between gears.
There are a few details to be worked out, but I thought I would start with these to see what some of you thought of the idea. I do not know how much pressure is required to move a standard shifter from PARK to another gear, nor the amount of travel required to move the linkage between these gears. These are items that would need to be figured out.
I will try to post a few basic drawings later if there is enough interest in this idea. 8)
Please let me know what you think about this idea.
Thanks.
Kurt.
If you built a console, you could move the shifter from the stock location to another location. I have considered mounting the lever in the center of the console, but not on the floor pointing towards the ceiling, but in the short section between the floor and the bottom of the dash, with the selector lever pointing towards the rear seat. The stock opening in the tranny tunnel would serve as the mounting point for the pivot material, which would use the lower portion of a stock automatic gear selector to change the gear.
The "control end" of the shifter would be mounted in the short section between the bottom of the dash and the floor as I have stated before. I frame assembly would have to be fabricated that would support the shifter and any necessary loads imposed upon it while selecting different gears. This frame assembly could also be used to frame out the console which would be used to hide the tranny tunnel opening and this frame.
The shift lever could be constructed in a manner that would allow it to be small enough to be hidden behind a trap door in the short console section. The connections between the remote selector location and the normal location would be made using 3/8 rod and heim ends for adjustability and stability. The end near the remote selectors would be connected to a L or V bracket, which would have to be sized to allow for the correct travel of the rods between gears.
There are a few details to be worked out, but I thought I would start with these to see what some of you thought of the idea. I do not know how much pressure is required to move a standard shifter from PARK to another gear, nor the amount of travel required to move the linkage between these gears. These are items that would need to be figured out.
I will try to post a few basic drawings later if there is enough interest in this idea. 8)
Please let me know what you think about this idea.
Thanks.
Kurt.