Hey guys I'm new on this site. I have a 66 coupe 6 to 8 conversion.I have a 69 302 with a 66 toploader 4spd. I just installed the engine and tranny the other day and I have noticed that the shifter is 2" to far forward in the hole in the floor. Talked to a friend and he said it might be the wrong tranny for the car. I decoded the tranny on DavidKee toploader website and the tranny came out as a 66 Fairlane tranny. This tranny has all the same deminsions as a mustang so no fitment issues, but the tranny shifter is still to far forward towards the engine. I was wondering if the shifter linkage could be different and if there is anyway of telling. I am new to the mustang hobby and lets just say the curve has been very steep. Any help here would be great. Thanks Phil.

 

Yeah, you'll need Mustang shift rods, and a 67-68 390 shifter mounting plate, to move the shifter back to the hole.

 

Thanks, but why 67-68 390 shifter mounting plate for a 66. The shifter rods are just ones from a 66 mustang right???

 

Has nothing to do with the year of the car. The 67-68 BB cars used Fairlane transmission, which gave the production-line cars the same problem you had. The solution, rather than make special transmissions, was to add a plate between the trans and shifter, moving the shifter to where they, and now you, need it to be.