Originally Posted by Otto Skorzeny
That gearshift position is wild. You have to reach backward without even seeing the knob/lever.

I know, right? Weirdly feels great. When you are in the drivers seat, that shift knob is right beside your hip at just the right height to drop your hand down and shift. Shift pattern seems fairly tight so it doesn't take a lot of movement. Kind of cool. Just a pity the boy wants to eventually swap an automatic in. (New generation, I tell you what.)

Originally Posted by Gdads51
So taking a closer look at your latest pictures, it kinda looks like the rear of the doghouse "panel" (enclosed in the red rectangle) in this copy of your picture seems to be removable?

It is. I would have removed it at lunch but it is a weird socket size. Maybe got swapped to a metric along the way. 7/16 was too small, 1/2 was too big. I'll get my metric set tomorrow. And I will definitely be taking the peripherals off first.

Originally Posted by klhansen
with an engine leveler like I built from an old trailer tongue jack
That's genius. I was going to order one but I think that is actually better than the cheap load levelers you see out there. And I might have one of those jacks kicking around.

Thanks to everyone chiming in so far. I appreciate the advice.

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