Column shift box for a 4A engine

[cannonball]

Hi toymodders.
I have an old Morris Oxford ute that could do with a bit of an upgrade, and having a bunch of corolla driveline parts under the house leads to the logical conclusion that I should use a 4A. The sticking point, however, is that the morris uses a column change, and I don't want to cut up the floor to fit a standard T50, so does anyone know of a column change gearbox that could bolt to the 4A?
From what I can find no A series engine came with a column shift box, but are there any hiace/ hilux engines, for example, that have a similar bolt pattern to the a series engines? Or even a column change box that will bolt up using a 4A to w box adapter kit?

Craig

[.T.]

craig, have a look at the linkages on some of the column shift vans. You'll find that there is a "conventional" gearbox under all that crap - if you can modify & retrofit the linkages into your morris, you should be able to use your t50 box

[Hen]

One, possibly overly complicated and expensive, way of doing it would be taking a linkage shift G52 box out of a Hiace (probably many other models that got similar boxes) then fitting a custom bellhousing that mates a 4A to W58 (from what I have read and seen W5* boxes and G5* boxes are the same, just with different mounting and shifter setups), bolt it together and adapt your linkages to suit.

I have no hands on experience with the above, just considered it for a old school wagon build.

[wa5]

Just put a floor shift in it.... if you were that worried about originality.. you wouldnt be putting a Toyota Motor in it... you are making a rod for your own back....

[oldeskewltoy]

OR........ you might be able to make an adapter plate so you can use your transmission with the "A" engine.....

[wa5]

No syncro on first .. fifty year old shift linkages.. and marginal strength to begin with...

[Sam_Q]

how about using a auto box off an ae71, that should be real easy to adapt to your current shifter