I'm installing a console & floor shifter in my 72 this winter. The shifter has the neutral safety/ backup light switch on it. Yet factory manual also shows a backdrive assembly. For what purpose? Lock the column?
Can I use the stock column shift linkage as a backdrive? If so, do I need the shifter mounted switch at all? Seems like if the back drive is moving the column it would also actuate the column mounted neutral/backup switch. Will the bracket that connects the column shift rod assembly to the side of the tranny, work with the cable setup of the floor shifter? Aftermarket part seems different. TIA -- Rick Schaefer 72 TPI El Camino
