Lots of improvements on shifters. The V-gate I use is a straight back and forth, no H pattern at all. Compared to the old factory shifters..... well, there is no comparison. The new ones are so much better.

Same with automatics, when I was a kid if you had a powerglide it must be your mom's car!! Now I think about 90% of the bracket racers run them!! Technology is great, huh???