I had a blue 1971 Plymouth Duster, 6cyl 225 cu in engine. Loved those 225’s but the manual trans shifter was on the column and the master gear linkage mounted on the firewall would get stuck at times. I wanted to convert it to a floor shifter but didn’t want to cut away on the cross member support on the floor underneath. Bad design for an otherwise pretty good vehicle—although a lot of cars were made like crap in the 70’s.
Sounds like a nice car. Well, at least nice looking. :)