Aftermarket shifter with A-body console

Anybody ever try to install a aftermarket ratchet shifter in one of our A-body consoles? Like one of the B&M or Hurst shifters. I'd like to have a ratchet shifter and tried the conversion plate deal for my stock shifter to make it a ratchet type but don't really care for it. After trying a buddies B&M Star shifter I like it much better. The only thing is it looked pretty iffy as to wether or not it would fit in a stock console.