Shifter plate

[shelbymann1970]

My car is originally an automatic however now lives with a four speed and Hurst shifter. Curious what the 66 manual Shelby Mustangs have for a cover plate. I have seen a few pictures with what appears to be a floating chrome bezel. Below is the current configuration. Does it need a bezel is my question.

My boot kept splitting from the floating bezel so I went with the deluxe and no more boot splitting!

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I bought a 67 that has a hurst in it with that deluxe plate, it loos good, and works well, but i will order the 70 boss 302 one

Here is the 70 Hurst boot in my 69 428SCJ Mach1. The boots like to split at the top front. You can see the gap from the split in my pics below. I'll replace the boot this year and see what happens. The Hurst is much better than the Ford shifter in my Vert.