Are center consoles from a manual trans car the same as an auto. trans car. It looks like the only difference is the shifter plate. Am I wrong about this?

I have a Z-28 with a 5 spd I want to change to an auto and wanted to know if there was any difference before i go out to a junkyard and buy one from an auto trans car.

 

 

Thanks for your useless reply. It should be a yes or no answer but instead you want to waste my time telling me to do a search. I already did that that's why I posted my question in the first place. Obviously you don't know the answer!!!

 

The center consoles are the same, yes. But the shifter plates are obiously different.

 

Thanks . After doing some digging I was able to find out. I think mine was original an auto console anyway since the car was an auto converted to stick. the previous owner made his own shifter plate for the stick.

 

It's possible it was an auto before, but more likely that the original owner just didnt want to buy a replacement manual shift plate. There is no difference in the consoles except the plate.

 

I know for sure it was converted but thanks for the response.

 

Lol at TICE. A better question would be why would you want to convert to an auto?! I wish my RS was a 5M. Auto's are boring! What are you building, a pro street dragster?

 

to each his own. I like autos for one more consistent at the track. 2) There are too many lights where I live so I can't enjoy driving it. Plus my driveway is aon a hill and it's a PITA to pull in and out when I drive it.

 

Hey Aaron, whatchu mean lol at me? Laughin' with me or at me, eh, what's goin on? lol
Curiosity intrigues me to inquire... what do lights have to do with driving Stick?

 

its a pita from stoplight to stoplight. i hated manual when i was in the city. wears your clutch out when you drive EVERYDAY 30 minutes through downtown city.

 

Oh, Ok, Those lights! Alright... My Ignorance, Sorry...

 

I was laughing about the "do a search" reply, and what the OP responded to that. I'll have to give that a try... respond "do a search". What do you mean, what lights?

I don't have a stick... I wish I did, a 5M 305 sounds like fun.

 

6M 350 is funner...I hope, I'm still building it... Anyhoo, I'mma leave this thread. Sorry to be a nuissance...