[Eljaro]

Well, the TKO is now in the Contemporary Cobra. I had to make an 4" wide and 9" long hole in the tunnel, in order to be able to slip the TKO into the bellhousing. The shifter turret is about 1/2" above the top of the transmission tunnel and needs this hole in order to go in straight into the bellhousing, release bearing and clutch.
I had to make a new carpet for the trans tunnel because the shifter hole is now about 3" further forward. I made a removable plate to cover the hole also . Removing the TKO in order to change the clutch should be now an easy task.
The gearbox support crossmember in the frame has to be made new. The holes fall further back and the support is now an assimetric T profile with both flanges welded on the sides to be fitted to the flanges on the frame. Since the original crossmember has no precision at all, you better weld the T profile to the side flanges in the car. I didn't, and had to do quite some milling and grinding and fabricating a spacer in order to fit the new crossmember in nicely.
I used the same shifter handle I had with the TL with a Hurst shifter, removed the bottom flange,
made the stick about 1" shorter and fabricating an aluminum adapter to fit the handle to the TKO shifter stub.
I used the same boot.
I will take the Cobra out tomorrow and experience the new gearbox.