Originally Posted by
RoswellGrey
Very true. I have actually seen a '70 Challenger R/T with a 383 that had no console and had the shifter on the column ... it came from the factory that way because the original owner ordered it. Car companies were a lot more willing in the old days to do whatever you wanted.
Actually, I had a 1970 RT/SE with a 383 that had no console and the shifter on the column. I converted it into a console shifter before I sold it as I didn't like the column shifter. And, in reality a 1970 Challenger with a column shifter was not that unusual as I remember seeing quite a few back in the day, including a very heavily optioned 1971 440-6 pak automatic Cuda that was orange with a black interior with orange inserts (I almost purchased this car)....why the owner wanted a column shifter...who knows...as it did look out of place. I also remember a couple of 1970 Hemi Challengers with the column shifter. All my Mopars have had consoles as I think they just look better with a console, but then that's just me...each to his (or her) own...