Hanks Custodian,
I have a Hurst T5 shifter in my 1963 and can also say it is a quality shifter. I found mine at the salvage yard for . . . well, I better not say . . . but less than you paid. I think the Hurst shifter is great. Every bit as good as the factory T5 shifter in my other truck. It would be money well spent.