urgent shift linkage help

ok i changed from an i-6 to a 302 and i am having problems with the colum shift linkage bracket not bolting on right. Dont say convert to floor shift because i went with the shorty headers so i would have to but what is the problem i am having

 

Am going to start on my 4dr soon. Got the 302 in stalled with shorty headers too. Looks like a fabrication on the cross shaft and pivot ball will have to be done. Have always used floor shifters before but want this car to be a sleeper with three on the tree c4. Car has 39000 original miles on it.

 

well i was thinking could i get a shift linkage off a 1978 ltd ii and have it fit

 

How much of the linkage do you need? I have the stuff I pulled off my 71 that I won't be using when it goes back together.

 

well i dont know i had an inline 6 in it and that linkage is all there and its not working with the 302
are they different

 

There is your problem. The linkages are different.you need to get the proper one for a v-8.

 

can one off a 1979 ltd ii work and this is automatic

 

Did you re-use the transmission that came in the car?

The reason why I ask ... if you got another trans and it was from a floor-shift car, the rod coming out of the trans that the linkage attaches to is flipped 180 degrees and has a bit of a different shape to it.

 

nope it didnt it was a column shift 5 days ago same transmission different engine

 

the bracket from the inline 6 doesn't fit on the 302 and the rod doesn't slip into the engine
could i get one off the ltd ii and have that work it was column shift