Does anybody know if a shift collar from a 1963 Fairlane will fit a 1961 Falcon ? My Sister bought herself a cute 1961 Ranchero with a 289 and AOD but the shift collar on the column is tore up so the builder cobbled it together with a backward no name, no detent, no neutral safety, floor shift. yeah backward -- park is against the bench seat and low is all the way forward, and there is nothing in the car to indicate that the shift pattern is backward. It's dangerous !! I have a 63 Fairlane that will get a floor shift if I build it and it has a good shift collar. If the Falcon had a later type column and box with a coupler between then I could just swap the column for an Ididit or something but its a solid shaft from the box to the wheel and the car is 800+ miles from my shop in her carport with nothing but simple hand tools available on site.
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