[unruhjonny]

I have been going through my mediocre (presumably compared to many of you) stash of spare parts;
Two pieces I could use opinions about worth.

I have two early 1970 automatic shifters, or maybe I should say the means to create two early 1970 shifters.

One is a factory ratchet shifter, and the other is a non ratcheting shifter.

I am a bit fuzzy on how my two came to be as they are in this tupperware bin in my basement, but I do seem to recall finding the 1970 ratcheting shifter, and the original shifter housing/mechanism was broken;
The shifter handle ended up getting swapped into a non-ratcheting shifter mechanism.

The second shifter is just the loose handle.

The real icing on the cake is that I only have one (fairly worn) knob for either shifter;
And for those who are unaware, the early shifters which used a (1969 style) simulated wood handle;
The shifter arm is machined with two grooves as opposed to one for the more common shifter - one grove is for a snap ring below the handle, and the other one is for a top snap ring to hold the handle in place...

I was thinking that if it was worth my time, I could swap the ratcheting shifter handle out of the non-ratcheting shifter mechanism, and install the non-ratcheting shifter handle into that shifter.

I also do have a single spare ratcheting shifter that I could swap the ratcheting shifter handle into...

If I am understanding this, it appears as though the two shifters (ratcheting versus non-ratcheting) are differentiated by:
1) the shifter handle mechanism
2) a plate which is riveted onto the right side of the shifter mechanism - which the spring contraption on the shifter handle works with to create the stops...

Have any of you observed that these early shifters get any sort of premium over the regular 1970-1981 shifters?

Can I source a 1969 handle to use on this other shifter?

I would earnestly appreciate input from you guys.