1958-63 Impala Smoothie Shifter

What's In the Box Shifter assembly 2 shifter arm offsets Transmission shift lever Adjustable rod linkage complete with ball joints Transmission specific shifter detent (determines gear positions) Neutral safety / back up light switch Mounting hardware Dust cover Overview Why You Cannot Use Your Factory Shifter The early Impala automatic console shifter mounted to the side of the Powerglide transmission. The Powerglide tail housing was specially cast to accommodate the shifter. As a result, reusing this shifter with a different style transmission is a big problem. Even if you can devise and construct the necessary brackets to mount the shifter to a different transmission, it will not end up in the right spot since the newer transmissions are wider and larger. So the main problems are: There no simple place to mount the factory shifter The console is very low to the floor and most floor mounted shifters do not fit under it It remains functionally a 2-speed shifter The Shiftworks S