Size of 4-Speed Console Opening?

Jim, do you have a picture from the top view without the console covering it? Showing the assembled linkage? Did you shorten the upper arm on the vertical arm the center drill, in the upper arm, another hole for the shift linkage rod? Snap it all together and done? My E body shifter is the T-handle that I’m swapping to a pistol grip but will probably still shift through the stock A body shift plate based on what you’re saying.