I had a M21 in mine when I bought it, in the trunk actually! I ended up using it for a while till I decided to go automatic(TH 400) The guy I bought the car from had cut the floor pan to hell and I had to do alot of patching to it to get the M21 to work right! I had a Hurst shifter but, not sure what model as I bought it used to get the project on it's feet. It was the straight handle with the short throw. It worked real well but, it wasn't really what I would of done had I gotten the car with good floor pan!