More shifter talk and questions 4 speed 4x4

[Down south truckin]

A few days ago I bought a transfer case shifter from a board member without a picture and when I opened the box I was suprised to find that the shifter was bent the wrong way or so I thought.I've often wondered what would happen in this situation on a 69-70 4x4 with the 205 transfer case the shifter is offset more than the 71-72s so that the shifter comes through the hump in the middle instead of offset to the passenger side like the 71-72s but I wondered what if it was a 4 speed truck then when you shifted back into 2nd or 4th you might hit the transfer case shifter.I had heard that only the automatics in 69-70 came with the 205s and the 4 speeds came with the muncies or dana or rockwell whatever they were called but this shifter makes me believe that some 4 speeds came with the 205.this shifter doesn't bend back like all the others instead it bends side ways towards the driver,as far as I can tell it hasn't been heated and bent because it isn"t bent in both directions back and over ,just over and I doubt that someone coulddd get it straightened out perfect then bend it sideways. These pictures compare the 69-70 shifter to the 71-72 as well as the sideways bent one to the regular one. please let me know if any body has and info to back this up or prove otherwise thanks Mike