If you are going to build a gasser , the door is open to do what ever you need to fab it to make things work . Hurst makes a bracket that moves the shifter up and back . This puts the entire shifter inside the car . I have one in my 65 AFX coronet . I have an old Push down shifter in it . To get the trans in reverse you put it in neutral and push down on the stick and pull it over into reverse , sort of like VW bug . The shifter has a very short throw 3 1/2 inches versus over 8 plus for the curved super shifter