get you a grinder or sawzall of some type and cut nub on the column where the shifter goes. You can then use some bondo or body filler, smooth it out and paint it. Get you a console and floor shifter, cut a hole and run the shifter cable. If you do it this way everything will work accordingly, reverse lights, neutral safety, and etc. I learned the hard way when converting my Malibu over to a floor shifter, and of course I would then stumble upon this info after spending too much money, time, and patience trying to get it correct.