ya know you can unbolt that shifter and put it in a shop press and straighten it like i did on my 46 and used the original s-10 chrome shift lever http://s629.photobucket.com/user/kurtdh519/media/4-12-12015.jpg.html

http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu14/kurtdh519/002-1.jpg