I believe so. It's the same on all the models, full size, Beaumonts, Acadians etc and the US cars are the same way. I see it discussed on different forums and sometimes guys say "I bought this car, was told it was a factory 4 speed but there's no way it is, someone hacked in the 4 speed."
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Wow! This surprises me as I would have expected there to be a specially stamped tunnel piece for 4-speed cars.
Were early to mid-1960s cars done the same? If not, then perhaps by 1969 the market for 4-gear cars was known to be small, so it was more cost-effective to just hack it out, since the customer would most likely never see it anyhow. Still surprised, either way.
It is missing the padding & upholstery, and it needs to be bolted down. If it were a military Jeep, those seat frames would be covered in the cloth from a potato sack and that is that.
Is it something to do with the bucket seat mount bracket?
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
Seeing that torched out tunnel opening makes me think we were dealing with a different time, a time before liability laws were so prevalent. Did mechanics ever wear gloves back in those days? Many U.S. factories built cars with only primer covering the exterior floors, you might get 3 rust-belt winters before deep rust occurs. I guess that high up the tunnel and shielded by the transmission, and possibly even spritzed by motor oil drips, it was not any concern. How many people needed tetanus shots after trying to install a Hurst shifter?
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton