G'day all. I've just bought another HZ sedan to use as a parts car for my project ute. Included with the sale was a 202 red motor with a full celica 5 spd conversion. I plan on putting this setup in my ute. The only issue I can see is that the shifter might be in a funny position as I have a bench seat in the ute.

The factory 4 speed has a dogleg in the shifter, and it looks like the celica shifter sits even further back than the 4spd. As this conversion has been done millions of times, I'm hoping someone can give me some guidance as to what sort of trickery is involved in making the shifter fit with a bench seat

cheers.