My idea is to build a center console out of aluminum to go along with my gauge panels that I made for the dash. I also needed to be able to mount the Art Carr shifter at a comfortable height and get rid of the ABS plastic mount that it came with.

I welded in some brackets to the cage and then built a sub frame out of 3/4" x 3/4" square aluminum tubing. Keeping with the design that I had drawn up, I needed to put a 10º bend in the 1/8" thick aluminum side panels. I don't have a brake in my garage so I made a temporary home-made brake for these two bends.