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Old 02-27-2008, 08:39 AM
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Default Ford Shifter - are you using a lower boot?
For those of you that are using a Toploader and an original Ford shifter in your Cobra, does your car have the lower boot protecting the shifter mechanism?

I was reading a Mustang Monthly article on detailing Toploaders and was suprised to see that Fords in the 60's came with a rubber boot that covered the shifter mechanism below the console/floor. I have worked on a lot of 60's Mustangs, and I have never seen a lower boot. Either they didn't last long, or they must have been tossed by the first mechanic to play with the shifter.

Anyone know where to get one? Are they reproduced? Are they necessary in a Cobra with the tranny sitting so far above the frame?
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