I finally did it

 

Wow, that's big

 

And, how did you do it? Was it a DIY project, or a purchased piece? Am interested in some details.

 

Magic!

It was part DIY, part purchase. Some of my methodology owes thanks to "CJ".

I found a shift knob (intended for a manual transmission) which was made by Autologix. It fit well onto the metal rod that the stock knob attaches to. Since the auto trans requires a button to be pushed to shift (and to get your keys out of the ignition), I had to come up with a way to push the inner part of the rod down (it has a plastic dowel in there). Through some experimentation, I found a metal spacer that fit the inner diameter of the rod & would allow for engaging the button (which no longer exists) by pushing down on the dice, which in turn pushes the spacer & then the plastic dowel.

It takes some work... but it's well worth it


Ha! It's actually smaller than I had hoped... my fault for not reading the dimensions before ordering. I had envisioned a huge rat rod shifter. I'd like to extend the metal rod, so the knob is just below my eye level, but that would totally block the cupholders when in "D"

 

Thanks for the info. Nice job!