1 more dumb question - bad kickdown adjustment cause no reverse?

thanks Fishy
so i tried it again with the linkage setup and the car on stands. went into reverse no problem. but as soon as i put the car in park in order to set the vcar back on the ground, the linkage went out of whack again. so i re-did it but yet it would not go back into reverse.

argh this is frustrating. i dont know enough about these things. all i know id the trans shifted fine before we yanked it from the 76. was stored in a dry garage on dollies until we put it in the 67. never split the trans case from the motor. literally pulled it from 1 car and dropped in the other. i really think the linkage is the issue. i SWEAR that the 67 column linkage went DOWN and then over to the trans gear. dunno why i feel that way but i even marked the rod that came down from the shifter with tape to indicate where it needed to go back to. but now that rod goes ACROSS and i am just wondering if it does not have the right "pull" to activate the gear lever.

i think i am bringing it to a local shop next week.