Bomber i like your period thinkin!! its what i was limbering up to do with the last Consul that my bro in law bought back because it had the bulk head cut and moved. My intention was to get it to fit, Port n Polish the Mk3 straight 6, 2x 3-1 headers and run bike carbs (thankyou Classic Ford Mag i want to fit them to everything now!!) and top that off with a mk3 3 4 speed column change!!
sounds good in theory but the engine needs to in effect move further into the kar, not a problem but i couldnt get my head around linkgages etc for the gearbox???
linkages would be ok if you used a mk3 coloum complete then should match up. i have two o/d mk3 boxes and a spares 4speed box could do a deal with my colom and linkages? as im going v8 all this is going on ebay eventurlly. ps could u not use zephyr front wings to give u the lehgth back or is the chassis shorter on the concul?