Quote Originally Posted by playwme View Post
1. Complete car with a floor shift.

Theoretically, your old column can stay where it is. All you really need is a shifter mechanism and a hole in the floor. A rubber boot might help too. Is it 6cylinder?
I agree here with playwme.

I have done this and had a whole car, a Statesman, sitting next to the van at the time.
I still have the collar from the 3 speed manual column shift, still on the steering column. Just removed the lever.

There is a difference between a manual brake pedal to that of an auto, as I found out first hand. Slightly different angle which does not operate brake booster adequately. That's going from Manual to auto, not sure if that's the way you are going.