In an original GT40 the lever sits on the right sill. This was largely “because race car” but for valid engineering reasons as well.

At first I was going to put in a centre shift because I’m used to a centre shift but then I thought about it some more and reconsidered. I looked at a number of options, mostly cable actuated.

Then one of the group of builders said he was going to get a replica of the original gear-lever setup made…

So this needed mounting. Much sitting in the car was done before selecting the position where the lever “felt” best. Far enough from the wheel to not be in the way but close enough to enable a short reach to change gear. Roughly as well where the originals sat.

I welded in some square tube on to the chassis with some rivnuts to bolt it to.

These then have holes drilled large enough for the rivnut flange in the side panel so that the gearchange sits flush against the side panel.