Thanks for the warm welcome guys. I think KCfirebird nailed it. I assumed (you know what that gets you) that the floor shifter just used a cable that goes straight to the auto trans. Now I see the shift cable ties into the column for the backup lamps and neutral safety switch. I will have to figure out a way to integrate that into the overdrive trans that will be going in.

The old bias ply tires on the rear make me laugh, they are super aggressive and look like mud terrrain tires. PO had a set of 10" wide Cragers on the rear and they rubbed on the quarter lip so we put the narrow bias plys on just to load and tow it home and not do any damage to the quarters. Car has skyjackers in the rear in typical 1980's fashion and they no longer hold air so there was a lot of rubbing with the wide rear tires. No studs in them, just aggressive tread blocks.

We will be finding a new home for the Cragers and putting on either some 15" Torque Thusts or 15" repro rally 2's. Neither of us are a fan of the current trend of dropping the cars to the ground and using rubber band 17 or 18" wheels.