hurst promatic custom indicator

I painted my indicator fluorescent orange because it gets lost in all the other shiny stuff around it.
I had the exact thought you did on an indicator, and decided I would like to have a small character on the dash that held up the appropriate amount of fingers for each gear, but I got a bit hung up on what to do about park, neutral and reverse.

A lit indicator of what gear you are in up where you can see it would be nice.
With another cable (like a manual choke cable) added to your shifter you could do damn near anything mechanical you wanted.
Right there is where I decided to think about the possibilities a bit more before I did anything.