The shift linkage is simple- - - -use a cable from the column bellcrank to the transmission. Now, take those headers off and throw them as far away as possible, and get a set of rams' horn exhaust manifolds. It will make the steering shaft much easier to route.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!