Tips for mounting shifter

I mounted a Cheetah shifter in a 69 Barracuda drag car on top of a .30 caliber ammo can. With plastic race seats the raised location worked nice, front of shifter was angled slightly to the right. The hinge on the ammo can was modified to allow the top to slide off when the lid was opened far enough, latch was toward the rear. The inside of the can was painted white, better to see inside of the can when it was dark at the races. Ammo can was used to hold time slips, tire pressure gauge, shoe polish and other small items I didn't want rolling around the floor.