Have to share, I was so happy for result. Probably been discussed before, please forgive me...
Only thing I have really hated on my 84 since first drive is shifter. That too long and totally misplaced darn rod. I have to stretch my fingers to shift to 3. and 5. Or then I just have totally different length arms than average Joe.. Today was nice and too warm afternoon to do anything useful, so got this solved. Just one hour and two beers after I had pulled shifter rod (that stock curved one) from my 88 TC parts car and replaced that annoying original with zero price
What a difference it made. Now shifter is exactly where it should be at least for me, much lower and 2-3 inches backwards. And even throws are maybe half of travel they used to be. Too pity that original knob doesn't fit, but had almost unused 03 Cobra leather knob which doesn't look that bad on SVO interior. And it's quite heavy compared to original, gives bit better shifting feel.
And please don't tell me how much better Steeda etc shifters are. For me this was best ever FREE upgrade. Was so happy after test drive that had to grab one more beer