I have a s-10 five speed in mine and got tired of bending down to shift as the shift stem is a lot shorter,, the best way to fix this is to get an old shifter, cut off the s-10 at the bottom and weld.. well I am no welder so I got me a couple of couplers , one of those rods from home depot and put it together that way,, then covered it with a black hose so the threads on the rod wouldnt show and it it high enough,, a pix of it is on my website headliner stuff,, you can see it if you look careful but the steering wheel hides the knob...

I do like you idea about the golf club, I may redo mine and try that,, I would rather the shifter stem look chrome or stainless..rather then covered

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