what shifter are the stick people using

It makes me wonder what the hell I have! It doesn't look anything like what you guys show as a v-gate looks very similar to what you guys are calling a Mr gasket ram rod Except the side of the stick says Hurst on it and the reverse lock out is a "T" handle. I know it was called a v-gate 1 when I ordered parts for it one time. Oh ya I bought it new so no one swapped sticks on it

Yours is a Hurst Ram Rod. There is no such item as a Hurst Vertigate; Vertigate was made by Mr. Gasket. Some of their parts are interchangeable.