Its done!!!!! I made a new lever and trimmed the console a bit and it works awesome.
here is what I started with.
heres what I ended with, its offest about 2"
I cut the threaded prortion off off the stock shifter and welded it to a peice of 1/2" rod that I put 90* in.
I Had to trim the console out a good bit
The lever is almost touching flloor in 2 hi, but 4 lo it is 1" away.
I made it hug the console to keep it away from leg.
I spoke to soon when I said I cut the hole perfect on my first try. It turns out I didnt make it wide enough, so when I had everything back together and went for a test drive, I found out that when I give it a little gas the transmission torques a little and the lever rubbed the edge of the hole making a terrible scratching/popping noise. So I had to take everything apart again to trim it up a little bit.
My brother was working on his car too, so I grabbed a pic
-plumcrazy