Henry,
It is a KE70 style, so the shifter is quite a bit further back towards the driver. I remember we spoke about this when I met you at a cruise. You will need to cut a hole in the floor and cover over the existing one if going to this style of box, however mine was covered up quite well and when I replace the carpet that will fix the hole left there (my carpet is in poor condition anyway). I find the shifter position to be easy for driving it, but then again I don't know any different as mine was never in the original spot when I got the car. I imagine the shifter being so far forward would be weird?
The 5 speed does make it nice to drive though and can cruise at quite high speeds without a problem, not that I have a tacho :locked:
I do wonder if the KE3x style shifter would come up in the original hole, my guess is no :n:
Luke