Transmission questions. Manual valve body?

You are going to need some parts to make it right. It looks like the pivot is there back by the distributor. No linkage adapter on the carb though. I will pist some pics of what it should look like.
Thanks. I'm changing out the carb to a Holley Sniper as soon as all the parts come in but I'm assuming that I will still need to have a kickdown assembly installed. In the meantime, should I shift manually all the time?