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but then again mine is a show car.

Okay I did some configuring. Some sort of thin but rigid overlay of any plastic sheet material or thin wood covered in vinyl. Or even a custom billet plate to overlay the front console trim.

Front/back cup holes vs. side by side cup holes with an extra coin/junk tray worked in... And black vs. aluminum finish.


I remember NOW when I had my 1985 Tbird I was always aggravated by the consolette moving with the seat. I used a plastic auto parts store cupholder on the tunnel as well... In w red of course.

Yes, well mine is just a slow car. So I dont care;)





This is kinda what I had in mind. Only, I already have one of those plastic cupholders. If you see in the earlier post. I like that cupholder very much. My plan, is simalar to what you were saying, only I plan to use the ones I have.

Well, not exactly the ones I have, -I'd get a new one that doesn't look like Fido's Infamous Ass, but then I would build it into the front of the console.

Similar to what you had drawn up, but I would leave the sides of the console intact, but remove the top from the base of the switch panel forward. I would then place the cupholders inside the cavity, and fabricate a reinforced sheet metal top in place, around the cupholers. Get some bondo, work it in roughly, and then I have a vinyl backed cloth which very closely resembles the grain in our interior panels to cover it with. Then I would paint it a gray that matches the color of the rest of the top of the console.

I know it sounds a little hooky, but it makes a lot of sense in my head, it's just hard to describe. I will start posting process pictures when I get around to finding (and buying) a perfectly nice console to hack apart.




Can one of you guys do me a quick favor and measure the widths of where I put the lines, and the depths of where I put the arowws?

This would be a big help for me to make sure I am not about to get myself into something pointless. Thanks

how do you know? :flip:  I couldnt resist

Well, for your facetiousness, you get the WHOLE story... :flip:

 When I hit the brakes, the huge cup lurched forward and to the right, missing the radio and going head-first into the passenger floor. SPAALOOOSH! A huge red tidal wave rushed up as far as the heater box, and rebounded as far as the rear floormat. Remember, I hadn't taken a sip yet, and this was 44oz of code red, with no ice...

I wanted to get a screw down console similar to that, but being as my wife is 5'4", and I am 6'4", the seat gets moved, so something like that would not work for me.

What do you mean? The seats can still still move with a full console...


Well, I took some measurements and found out my cupholders will fit inside the part of the console where I want to put them.

However, with the death of my AOD I am seriously considering putting in a T5 so I would then need the floor shifter space of course...:punchballs:


If anyone has a ratty old console they feel like sending me just so I can try this though, I will pay shipping + $10 or so. I don't care what shape or color its in or if its missing a lid or something cause I'll just be using it for this experiment. I'll also document the process on here and let you guys see how it comes out.