Tom, Thanks I am very interested in learning your contact for panels. Over the weekend, I decided to pull the engine and trans. Easy right? Wrong. Apparently the prior owner elected to install an aftermarket hurst shifter. To install the shifter, the guy cut out the entire hump of the floor and bolted the shifter to the trans from above so I can't get at it from underneath. The panel for the hump is not a t-bird part and has been installed with about 100 sheet metal screws and coated top and bottom with heavy undercoating. Now I can't get the engine and trans out without first removing the car floor. Who in their right mind would butcher up a t-bird to install a shifter, such that you can't remove the engine without first removing the floor of the car? I'd like to find that guy so I can pop him in the nose. Anywho, I'm now in the market for rockers AND a floor. Sheesh! Thanks for any info. I think I'll need a few more Coronas to get through this job.
Ken Lambert, Las Vegas
57 Gray E bird (All screwed up)
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