i think i have seen that rod on utube..its an automatic shifter on the outside...built that way just to be different..I'm building a 5 window coupe and to be different, Its a 31 Studebaker, 1969 Lincoln 460 (.030 over) erson lumpy cam, weiand stealth manifold, 2"dia headers and a holley750, 4spd top loader (shifter inside),its not only chopped 3" and channeled 4" but the bodywas widened 5" on a 34 Ford coupe frame. the doors came off a 29 ford coupe and after chopped to fit the roof chop,to get the door window height the same as the studes rear 1/4 windows, they were cut out of the doors chopped then rewelded back onto the doors. nobody cuts coupes in half then rewelds them back wider..then along comes me and says why not... i call it FrankenStude Too