shifter for '62 lancer bench??

Find a 80's pickup w/OD833 in a junk yard, it will have a hurst shifter mechanism and a long enough handle to heat and bend to your needs, only draw back will be the rubber isolated handle mount that's usually worn out but that's easily overcome with a drill and two nuts and bolts to mount the handle solid to the shifter like in the late 60's.
This is what I have in my 72 Dart.