My Dart Swinger Project!

Looking absolutely awesome!..
I've worked a lot with those b&m shifter cables and levers... My first question is the lever on the transmission a factory lever or the one that belongs to the b&m shifter?..
Its the one that came with the hurst kit. The problem im having is the cable is 20 years old and rusty and I can't get it adjusted properly lol I'm gonna buy a new cable they are like 60 bucks from summit.