[xb-60]

Yes I do understand that the two transmissions are entirely different. One is a Borg Warner T-10 and the other is a Toploader.
Expanding my question a little then....why did Shelby position the shifter mechanism where he did (longitudinally) when he could have positioned it further forward on the side of the Toploader and had a non-cranked shift lever?
There are brackets available for Toploaders that enable the shifter mech. to be placed virtually wherever you want fore-and-aft, so did Shelby (or Rem?) just say "b*gger it, nobody else does it this way, so we will"? ....or "wouldn't 1-2 and 3-4 shifts be nice if the action was up and down rather than fore-and-aft"?
I'm just thinking that there must be some logic there that hasn't hit me yet.

Cheers,
Glen