Just need to bug with an other question.

I have a 55 1st serie 1/2 Chevy truck with a 327engine and a 350 transmission. I really like to have the shifter on the column but like to keep the original column as well. Has anyone done something like that?
The problem ist that I live in Germany and cannot just have a look on a scrapyard to try some shifter out.

Maybe I could buy from someone a 3 speed column shifter and let it send to Germany to try it out if it works. But I guess that will be to pricy

Thanks for any imput