Was after a longer shifter than standard as I'm 6 foot 1 inch which makes the standard shifter hard to reach in some gears (1st and 3rd).
The standard gear shift mechanism has some adjustment range. Where the gear shift tube attaches to the "rod end" on the gearbox, the clamp can be loosened and the tube rotated to reposition the gear knob left or right and slid axially to move the gear knob back and forth.
I am the same height and have also moved my steering wheel 60mm towards the rear of the car, so I sit further back than normal ... so the gear knob was even further away. To increase the axial adjustment range of the clamped tube for moving the gear knob closer to me, I trimmed the tube end maybe 10mm (iirc) and extended the slot maybe 10mm (iirc). This can be seen in photo 2. To reduce overall fore-aft travel I installed one of those "quick shift levers" from ebay (chrome thing in photo 3) that has its spherical pivot closer to the "rod end". This reduces travel by 18 or 20%. (The 30% that adverts claim is geometrically impossible).
To remove slop (lost travel) at the gear lever pivot I wedged a small piece of aluminium against the rubber "ball" - I am sure I posted info on OZrs.
Rick
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