My 60auto union is 4 on the tree
I've heard this called a 'sweetheart shifter'.My older brother drove 40s and 50s cars when i was a kid in the 60s. He always swapped the column shifter to the left side of the column so he could drive with his arm around his cup holder, uh, I mean girl friend.
My first truck was a 72 Chev 250 straight 6 3 on the tree I would only get 2 weeks at most out of a clutch , i was fairly hard on equipment back then . Now i realize why my father would never let me drive his rigs .