I built a custom floor shifter for my 97 about a year and a half ago. So, like you, I removed the column shifter. The manual column cover, is the same as the automatic cover. Only difference is, the manual has a plastic cover that goes over the hole where the column shift would be. All it is, is a little plastic cover about 2 inches wide by 3 inches tall, and it fits in the hole where the auto trans shifter is. I removed my auto shifter boot, and glued in a flat rubber gasket. The original plastic cover has groves just like what's under where the ing key goes.
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