Hey guys. Last week I put in a Vintage Speed shifter and--nobody's paying me to say it--that thing rocks. I got the 10.5-inch shaft and emailed him asking that it not be bent. Just like some of you had advised, that was no problem. The guy said it'd take a week but he lied and Fed-Ex came on the fourth day.
Went in easy and works oh-so-much better than the stock unit. I've had some unrelated trouble with the car so I've not been able to do much more than a few round-the-block tests. But now I want to drive the car so bad it almost hurts.
Anyway. As if you didn't know: that Vintage Speed is a nice, stock-looking shifter and the service is excellent.