TKO 600 shift boot?

Yeah, the 4 speed boot goes on the floor under the sliding gate plates that are part of the console assembly. I bought the boot, too, and was going clip the ears down and laminate to the bottom side of the new console plate. The problem is, the stocker has a depression in the back, that it has a molded in base curve, too.

Not being a wise guy, but you know you need a new plate, right? I think they're like $45 from Muscle factory, the exact same thing as OPG for nearly twice as much. I know they're the same item, I held both in my hands on the same day when I was in SoCal.

My wife is trying to get me to have a leather one made, but I am off to other non-Chevelle projects. The leather one could attach to the recessed walls of the hole in the console with some home-made retainer strips underneath. I found a company that custom makes any boot for $100. I just haven't had time to measure the stuff exactly to fax them the design details.

I ended up making a 4 speed boot work. It has a "flange" which fits the contour the console 4 speed hump, so I had to do some mods.

1. Grind the little lip and end ribs off the bottom of the plate.

2. Glue some "t-nuts" on at the ends of the slot to attach the boot to.

3. Make a retainer "ring" out of Lexan or whatever ridgid material you like. It will look like a tapezoid, with a hole in the middle with the exact dimensions of the hole in your console, and same width as the console. Make it long enough to overlap the t-nuts you glued on.

4. Match drill your ring and boot so you can get screws through it into your t-nuts.

5. Sandwich it all together and insert the screws.

6. Trim the edges of the boot flange.

7. Install in console!

This comes out looking very, very nice, as if it was intended to be that way :thumbsup: