I am looking to do a tranny upgrade from a stock 3 spd. to a adaptor for a C4 or AOD.  First which does the best job? The Ford it a weekend warrior.   One off my biggest concerns is would like to keep a factory looking  column shift. But have found little info on what a AT column consist of.  Can a 3 spd column be converted any way or does it have to be replaced with a AT column all together?  If anyone has done this if you have info and maybe photos that would be great.  Would like to keep the 3 spd but have issuse with knee that id causing problems.  Old age!!