Thanks alot guys. You're right Mike, there are always some "oops" along the way in building a car. Usually though it is some stronger term than oops.

Bob, yes the stick bellhousing seems to drop down quicker and the box itself is generally smaller than the automatics. If I could have gone with the original 3 speed I wanted I would have had more foot room, but just not enough for that third pedal. You asked about the '27 hump. It ended up being just a very small one about 3 inches high at the front and tapering back to nothing because the car sat at pretty normal height, so the tranny was under the floor pretty much. I only had to build the tunnel to cover the top edge of the bellhousing and a little of the top of the transmission. On that one I just laid up some thick posterboard, coated it with resin to give it some firmness, and laid up glass over the top of that. Much easier than this thing.

Don