[Lakota54]

I'm installing 1 3/4"hedmans on my 69 firebird, automatic, console shift. The passenger side went right on. Much easier than I anticipated. The driver side is giving me problems. The header is striking some shifter linkage. It is a rod from the trans. going to a lever bolted to the frame, with another rod coming up vertically to the steering column. This lever is what the header is striking, not the rods. In my service manual, it looks like the diagram for the column shift car. As my car is a console shift car, I assume this is actually some sort of steering column lock or reverse lock-out, maybe? If this is the case, can I just disconnect this stuff with no other ill effects other that the lock out not being functional? I live in a state that doesn't have inspections so that wouldn't be a problem. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.