[ZeGermanHam]

Originally Posted by JSchmitz

I saw that on Mecum also. Was news to me. I think you could pretty much get anything that you wanted back then.

According to the Mecum listing text for that car, an article was written about it in 1991 which describes that the original owner was first told "No" when he asked for a center console to accompany the 3-speed column shift. But he had an inside contact at the Kansas City assembly plant who he pressured, wined, and dined into building it for him. In that context, it makes it sound like this configuration is 1-of-1.

Seems like a lot of trouble to go through to just end up with a 3-speed column shift when he could've easily gotten the better 4-speed and normal 4-speed center console like everyone else. But I guess he wanted to be different. Must have been a big fan of block-off plates...