Z-bar frame ballstud bracket location/repair help


I really appreciate the help with that link...Heres the progress from this weekend. I worked on the z bar mount and got the tranny up to make sure everything lines up. It looks pretty good to me. The only thing I am not sure about is how high or low the tranny bellhousing goes, but according to the measurements for the bracket I should be good. I also fit checked the shifter while the tranny was in and I noticed that the linkage hits the crossmember so I broke out the shifter that came out of the car originally and noticed that they both have different linkage hookups on the bottoms of the shifter. That brings my next question on whether those are the correct A-body shifters or not. Are there A-body specific shifters? I know that the rods are specific and maybe that will make the difference.