Technical First build 29 A looking for guidance

Hi this is my first build and am looking for some guidance. I am building a 29 A tudor (lightning bolt) with a 331 Hemi (short bell) and a 38 Packard trans (side shift). So far I have chopped 6" off the top and am debating on channeling the body over the original frame or using deuce frame rails. I am slightly vertically challenged so a chop and channel shouldn't be a problum. Don't have the deuce rails and haven't come up with a way to justify them yet... I do have the Hemi and Packard trans just need to find a way to stick the two together. Was told at Back to the 50's "your never going to find an adapter" Yeah ok sure, FU2, maybe I'll just JB weld the ****(looking for an adapter). Anyhow, looking for info on floor shifting a side shift Packard trans. Searched the HAMB and so far some stuff on "Packard trans are almost as good as a Lasalle" and "convert with a top shifting plate" comes up but thats all I can find. The big ? has anyone shortened up a 3 on the tree shifter to use on the floor? Searching the web (don't remember the website) found a how to for a Ford 3 speed column--should work on a Packard I guess. Has anyone done this before or something like it? pros cons? Any other guidance would be great.

Thanks HAMB
Nuts-

a bit of my inspiration

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/331-hemi-trans-adapter.954669/

 

6" chop?? save the pieces you cut out

 

got to follow this one-----I like it

 

Isn't 6 inches on a Tudor the same as 5 on a coupe? Also the limit for how low you can go with a Tudor, with out look like a track car?
Although most cases 4 inch chop goes a long way.!

 

^^^^^ your right. I like mild chops when you almost have to ask yourself if it is chopped....... "Sometimes less is more"

 

I used the article in that mag to make a floor shift for my '50 Ford back about 1960. It actually worked pretty good.
Regarding the Packard trans, I had one in my '50 Olds (floor shift) and blew it up. I found a newer side shift (top loader) and found the floor shifter would bolt onto it but things were not exactly right and the synchro moved a little too far letting the balls fly out. I'm thinking in this day and age a guy could overcome that issue with a little planning.

 

I am going to need to think about what i need to do to fit a 51-53 adapter to a 55. I might be able to bend up a bell housing.

 

Outstanding! Always good to here of real world sucsees not workbench BS. I totally agree a little planning goes a long way. Thanks