I'm getting ready to do a clutch upgrade. Ill snap some more pictures of the shifter mechanism tomorrow night. Do you think that I have the wrong shifter mechanism? The # on the shifter is 7926.
I pulled out a factory A body 4 speed shifter handle from my parts collection. It looks the same as yours in your pictures. I'm thinking the handle may be correct however you may have a problem with the shifter assembly the handle sets in. I believe the shifter that the handle slides into should be close to vertical or strait up in neutral.
My shifter has a #6356 on the shifter assembly. The adapter says Hurst 6350 and can only be seen when adapter is removed from trans.