Cosmo, Thanks for the pictures.
I took the easy way out. I bent a big 'U' into my shifter. It actually looks like the old "arrow through the head" that Steve Martin used to wear.
The seat fits where your head would go and shift knob is where your girl should be sitting (booo!), but it works and I didn't have to screw up my seat. I was worried about being able to push down for reverse, but it works fine. I wish I knew how to put the links into a message and I'd show you my 20 minute solution to what I thought was going to be a major problem. Been driving her ever since... Well until we got the sleet and snow today (darn this weather).
Thanks guys.