The project is moving now that the floors and back inside and outer firewall are replaced. I am primarily posting to show how cheap I am.

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We sawed the hatch and welded about a dozen 8 mm nuts around the engine bay edge, bought a nice slice from the car that gave it's life so that a Ghia can tear up the highway - thanks. The green primer was temporary, cleaned it up and covered the whole inside with DP-50 epoxy.
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I got a Caswell plating kit. Zinc followed by a cad-like bath. These were completely covered with rust. Phosphoric acid followed by the plating.

So now the cheap. I wanted a fancy bushing for the shift rod. When the linkage is solid the shifts actually are pretty good with a 901 box.
So I bought an $8 pillow block.
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Of course it was 3/4 inch so I had to pull out the ball bearing and put it on the lathe to open it up. Since I had the lathe going I also put the casting on and took about half of the iron off as well. Lighter, eh?
Here it is in the car -
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And of course when the lower firewall rusts out there is collateral damage. In my case I bought some stainless tubing for the e-brake tubes. Need that pricey orange covered silver braze, but it was fun
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So I am trying. Too cold and salty to drive the 2056.

They sell linear bearing that not only spin radial but also roll in and out. I have a couple someplace. I purchased them for the same location you placed yours but never got around to installing them.

Oh and good to braze those tubes like that. Avoids burning through and leaving lumps inside. Nice

are you doing anything fancy at shifter mechanism at trans?

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=225881

Not that fancy. I hope. Yet.