Center shifter console

[stefan]

Is there any difference between the 88-90LX center console upgrade and the auto console? Is the hole for the shifter the same size? Could you use the plastic console from an auto and drop in the boot from a manual LX? (the boots are different)

what i'm talking about;





thank you F3BZ for the pictures, i hope you dont mind.

[GenevaDirt]

I believe someone told me that the console was the same....differant boots.

[monkeyracing]

Where did those super-duper-uber clean parts come from? Wow! (and where can I get the manual shifter boot.

[GenevaDirt]

F3BZ....he has a slew of original NEW parts....lol. He is the stocking outlet for Ford!

[F3BZ]

ya i believe the consoles are the same auto or man but u need the boot on the right to make it look right. that boot is held against the underside of the console with a square plastic retaining ring. the boot on the left is for the cheapo L model without console. you might be able to make it work if u can attach it somehow to the underside of the console. don't know how good the fit would be though. then you can top off your project with either of these.

[packrat427]

:shock: :shock: (mouth watering)

I love that stuff , it's like looking at toys in a catalog .
My emblem on my shifter has been gone for a long time , I replaced it with a carbon fiber looking one :roll:

[stefan]

asome, i picked up one of these consoles from an auto car today at the yard. Now i just need to find one of those boots :roll:

[monkeyracing]

The manual boot appears to be the same one used in the 323. I'll be supergluing mine in place. (Actually it's some kind of industrial plastic adhesive a friend of mine gets for me.)

[TRUCKtiva]

WoW!! how much for one of those knobs on the right?? I thought mine was clean!!

[GenevaDirt]

I will have to take a pic of my shifter knob and see if it is a real festy one. It came out of the 88 that I pulled the console and under seat tray out of.

[geezerstiva]

ha ha! cheapo L model! thats me! and did they make that console in the brown color from 88?

[elcamino1]

ha ha! cheapo L model! thats me! and did they make that console in the brown color from 88?

Yes they had one in brown don't know if 88 or 89 Auto.
Got one if you want it pm me. don't have boot.

[stefan]

The manual boot appears to be the same one used in the 323. I'll be supergluing mine in place. (Actually it's some kind of industrial plastic adhesive a friend of mine gets for me.)

what year 323 did you get yours out of? both the 323s in the yard had a shift boot shaped like this;
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[Sho_tyme_psi]

Those are sweet

[bravekozak]

shifter knob

I hate the feel of fake plastic shifter knobs.
And I definitely don't want to look at a shift pattern.

I need a real man size knob!
The Hurst Nascar 50th Anniversary knob is my first choice.

http://bwbronze.com/festiva/hurst.jpg

I can't afford a leather Momo knob.

I also hate fake plastic bellows shifter boots. Cheesy and ugly.
It must be leather or at least leatherette.

My choice for the console is one from a Nissan Pathfinder transfer case shifter.

http://bwbronze.com/festiva/pathfinder_boot.jpg

The shelf divider must be removed from the console in order to put in the Kleenex box.
Don't tell me you never need one, use a handkerchief, or just wipe it on your sleeve!