V gate shifter history

[Gossamer427]

I hesitated to post on this forum since my car is nowhere near the caliber as the rest of you guys but the V-gate thread intrigued me. I still need to figure out how this boot is supposed to work with trans tunnel hump. (I know I said gold valve covers but the last set on eBay was almost $400 and I picked up these blue ones with air cleaner for $50. I’m hoping to powdercoat them the color I want.)