Do you need the hump when converting to a floor shift?

Just wondering ... Is the additional hump necessary when converting to a factory automatic floor shifter?

 

Not sure what you mean by the additional hump, Dan. I don't have any such thing on mine.

Sam

 

Dan; when I converted mine, I used a '67 Mustang shifter, no hump, and it works and looks fine. If you are using the stock floor shift, it probably works better with the hump, like it was built. I have a Pinto floor shifter that works fine, if you need one. A bit bigger than the Mustang unit, but not as big as the Maverick shifter. Let me know.

 

I did not have the hump when I converted mine, just a stock floor shifter from a Comet. I cut the hole, bolted the shifter in place, and hooked up the linkage. I have a slight bind due to having a shifter arm from a different car that sticks out farther from the tranny, but nothing created from not having the extra shifter hump.

 

Yes Earl - I am interested if it is nice condition ... I would need the linkage that goes with it ... I looked up the part # and as usual ... It is a unique Linkage rod for the Maverick. Terry also has a couple as well ... There is a mint one on eBay but I have no linkage to go with it ..

 

Dan; I don't have the linkage, only the shifter. It is in good shape. It has a black handle and arm, and a woodgrained cover. I'll send you a pic tonight so you can see what it is. I made the linkage rod for mine, and it wasn't too hard to do. Later,

 

Cool! Thanks for the info Scrapper60!

 

I used the B&M shifter without the hump. Just bolted it to the floor. I am not sure if this is what you guys are talking about, but mine is all billet and looks kool. I mounted mine straight to MY body motion, not in line with the car, so "shoving" into second gear is a fluid foward motion away from my body. Works great on the track. Still need carpet to cover wires and such.

 

This is the factory "extra hump" or whatever it's called ... it bolts to the top of the trans tunnel and raises the shifter slightly higher than the hump.

 

Dan, my shifter looks like that one. I'm not sure I'm ready to let of it just yet. I also have that one in the '72 I got from you.

 

dan,
if you are using the stock mav. shifter it is bigger than the stang one. i think the hump lets the shifter sit off center more for the linkage to line up. the stang base is small and you can move it over . even then you will have to mod. the linkage.jmo ...frank...

 

Thanks for the info guys. Terry ... If you ever get rid of it keep me in mind.

 

Hey Dan, why do you want to convert a column Automatic to a floor Automatic? I dont realy see the point.

 

In my opinion, the floor shift is sportier, and "cooler" than the column shift. I like the looks a lot better (I guess I'm shallow... ) Also, many column shift linkages won't work with headers, so the need to change to floor shift is required.
-Corbin

 

If I switch to buckets I would also convert to a floor shifter ... without a doubt it is a "sportier" look ...