Yowsa... found a guy who's been sitting on a NOS one for 20 years and doesn't want to sell it. No mention of price yet, but it's nice...  does it matter if ALL my kids go to college?

Indeed. Being a four speed car, the fact this car is so complete and unmolested is important. But this part, while there, was rough. So I bought the NOS piece (subject to a few pics to confirm condition).

I'm going to have a lot of money in this crazy console. Just Dashes wants $4K for the dash and console, and so assume half of that is the console. Then add in the shifter boot ($200) and the tunnel boot ($200) and the slider ($150) and the console plate ($850) and you're at about $3500 for just the console.

But, as I remind myself, I like to spend my money in inverse proportion to how much you see and interact with a piece, so I tend to blow the budget on the cockpit area.

Howmac, do you still have much for console stuff? I've heard legends of a local (Seattle) Muncie guru who literally has his entire HOUSE full of four speed parts but I think it's all mechanical. That's going to be one heck of an estate sale.

I've thought of trying to start acquiring Impala console stuff and doing what you describe (making 3 good ones out out 5 cores, etc). But wouldn't want to compete   I think I'll do rally dashes instead!