Powershift console with bench seats?

[pgothard]

I'd like to put a powershift auto in my '53 coupe resto-mod AND keep the stock front bench. Will it work? - or will I have to sit in the back seat to drive? Anyone got an idea about how I might accurately locate and layout the hole I have to cut into the hump to mount the fiberglass shifter pedestal? Thanks! --pgothard

[JDP]

You'd better be VERY tall.
Look at the console loction.







JDP/Maryland
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[klifton1]

Thats a pretty car.
Klif

55 Speedster

[StudeRich]

You have the seat custom modified with a notch like the big three factories did, to clear the shifter, and forget the Console!

Or, just install '62-'64 GT Hawk Bucket seats like most have done.


StudeRich at Studebakers Northwest -Ferndale,WA

[pgothard]

Thanks, JDP, for the nice visual!! And Rich for the alternative solutions. Back to the rethink tank for me!! --pgothard