They butchered the steering column and the wiring therein, in some drug induced attempt to get their 3-speed linkage to function.
The column was/is bone stock, for an automatic - but it was so tore up I had to take what was left of the original shifter off, plug and paint over the hole and put a Gennie shifter on the floor.
I replaced the turn-signal canceling unit and wiring (with the horn ring hardware) with all new stuff and my transmission place plugged that into the stock plug, further down the column.
The really good news is - I just called my old-school auto electrician and he's closed up shop and retired.
Mac.