Re: shifter boot install

[MikeIIDC@domain.elided]

Allan & Kathryn Weidenheimer wrote:

> Can someone tell me how the shifter boot was originally installed
> in relation to the floormat?  I have an NOS floormat I got from
> Binder Books for my pickup.  It was originally a column shift
> automatic, so I have no factory reference to go buy.  What I want
> to know is if the rubber boot is installed before the floormat,
> so that I just cut a hole in the floormat.  Or, do I install the
> floormat, cut a hole, then install the rubber boot (and metal
> retainer ring) so that the floormat is sandwiched between the
> rubber boot and the tranny hump?
>
> Did I confuse everyone?
>
> Allan Weidenheimer
> 72 1210 Pickup

On my '74, it is a column shift, so I can't tell you about the '70's.
On my '60's T'alls, it is mounted directly to the floor, with the floor
mat or carpet (in the '68, which was a CUSTOM) going over the top of the
boot and the trim ring.

Michael