As far as doing this and making things work (just the basics) all you need to do is get the console, shifter, SHIFTER BRACKET that rivets to the floor,shifter cable and trans bracket. This stuff will make your car a floor shift car. To make it a proper install you will need a rubber grommet/boot to cover to hole in the floor that the shifter cable runs thru, some anti rust for the hole you cut, wiring the shifter so that it works with the reverse lights and neutral safety switch and so that it lights up the letters in the shifter gear indicator.
The column shifter comes out by removing a pin and spring and will leave a small area sticking out where it used to be. You can change this "bowl/column neck" with one from a wrecked stripped car that still has that (impala) and then remove the old linkage from the column shift that is under the hood by the intermediate steering shaft and below by the trans.
Sounds like alot of work but its not, the most time consuming stuff is wiring for the reverse lights and safety switch.