I hear ya, zebra, I learned the same way & am very thankful to know how to row my own. Alot of my ol' skool friends always say, if it doesn't have 3 pedals, it ain't no hotrod, haha. Believe me, I get plenty of folks asking for their personal projects, as well, ha.
You're right though, Lambo, it's a customer truck & I even said the same thing to this kat about being too lazy to shift his own gears, ha. I just threw'm a qoute off the top of my head for the 60E, knowing my tranny guy has a couple. I called'm to see if he still did & that's when the whole "control" issue came into play, ha. I'm glad he brought it up & I don't mind doing it, but the kid may not want to since it'll cost'm a tad more. We'll see.
Both of my kids will learn to drive a manual, fa sho! Ha, no doubt about it.
Well, I found what l was lookin' for & by george the guy w/the right answers is vortecyota. He's got the goods to make this swap happen. Now just waiting on the kid to come up w/the cash to get it done. Oughtta be alot more simple now that l can get what l need from vortecyota. Thanks again, my friend, for all your help & info.