Wonderful that you're on to #3! I'm sure this one will be just as gorgeous!
If you've decided to retain the S-2 combo, I'll throw in a vote to keep the strato-bench and column shift too. Kind of goes with the aesthetic (vinyl top, and can I assume A/C, several power options?).
I have both bench and buckets, column and floor shift, auto and manual cars. I love all of them for varying reasons. Seems to me it would be fun to keep it 100% original if you're committed to the S-2 path.
Just my 2 cents.
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