Foward and Reverse shifters?

I was looking at shifters on Summit and there are two types, one is foward and one is reverse. Im am putting a console shifter and it doesnt seem right. Because when its in 1st the lever in the car is pointing towards the rear and when its in park its facing front...But when the shifter is in 1st its all the way pulled back so wouldnt it be pushing the linkange foward??? So this is making me wonder if its a reverse shifting patern..?BTW its a small block 727, thats pretty much all we know of the tranny. It has the hole on top of the flywheel housing so we think its a truck or van tranny.

Sorry for the long post but Im confused,
Ryan