Floor Shifter

[1980c10]

You may also need a shifter arm off a mustang transmission. A mustang uses a different arm than a panther does. You have to change them when you put a mustang aod in a panther so... You might have to switch back to use a shifter meant for a stang in a panther.

[P72Ford]

Ivan had a floor shifter in his Lincoln. It was a factory unit out of something. I have the floor shifter from a '91 Mustang... looks like it could be made to work.

I'm not a fan of aftermarket automatic shifters.

I'd use a late '60s GM horseshoe floor shifter before I'd buy a clunky aftermarket piece.

Colin had a B&M Quiksilver. We have one in the '86 Monte Carlo, and its a pain in the balls. Should have just left the shifter on the column, and gone with a reverse pattern valvebody.

Unless you have transmission modifications, you don't need a floor shifter. And even when I do my transmission mods, I am keeping the column shifter.

[85ltd]

Okay, hopefully this will work then. I am going to put the Silverfox valvebody in it with the OD lockout, so I get a second gear, and it'll be stronger. Or I may just buy the Silverfox 450 AOD. I just want a shifter in the floor, and hope this will work for the moment.

[1987cp]

Ivan had a floor shifter in his Lincoln. It was a factory unit out of something. I have the floor shifter from a '91 Mustang... looks like it could be made to work.

Epi modified the gates on one from a '60s Mustang with a C4. Don't remember what he did as far as the linkage, but I remember him telling me it was all levers, no cables. I think Ivan's was from a Thunderbird or something.

Unless you have transmission modifications, you don't need a floor shifter. And even when I do my transmission mods, I am keeping the column shifter.

+1 .... absolutely no real reason to have an aftermarket shifter with a stock AOD unless you just feel like it and don't want to save your $150-$200 toward more worthwhile mods (like a $150-$300 aftermarket valvebody!). With a PRN(O/3)21 aftermarket valvebody, maybe.