Please help with pic..

Have you looked at your engine and transmission mounts to see if the are worn out and collapsed? You likely have the old biscuit style unless someone has changed them to spool. I have seen spool ones completely debonded and failed allowing the engine to suit an inch or more lower than factory, which would place the shifter lower. Have you confirmed that the aluminum plate that mounts the shifter to the transmission is the correct one? Do you have a short A body transmission, or a longer B/C body one with someones home made shifter mount plate?