Thaty looks like a T-5.
From looking at the photo, I would try taking the shift lever stub out of the top of the tranny, heating it to cherry (not orange),.. bending it just a little,.. maybe 1/4". I'd make the bend Imeadiately below the lower bolt hole for the shifter. From the looks of it you could lock the stub in a vice and use the shift lever itself as a fulcrum. After you get the correct bend, heat it again to make sure its cherry, then quench it in dirty oil. (dirty oil is a slower quench than clean oil for several reasons) . I think if you dont quench, it will probably aneal and be too soft.
There might be better ways to tackle the problem, thats just what comes to mind.
after closely looking at the picture, I see what looks like aluminum poured around the base of the shift lever, probably better off using something eles to do the bending. The thing that was nice about using the shifter was it would prevent any possible distortion to the bolt pattern during bending. A lot of force will be required when bending "cherry" as opposed to "orange"
Or,.. fore go all that and figure out how to move the console forward! :smile: