TJH is right on all counts. About the only thing the dual gate will hurt is points at a show. I don't know anyone who'd complain about having one. The standard shifter is a pretty common, cheap part on Ebay or probably quite a few members here have one laying around as well. Your dual gate is worth WAYYYYY more than a standard 69-72 shifter. You can always grab up a standard one and stick it in a box, and if you ever sell the car, swap it back in if originality becomes an issue with the guy/gal buying it from you. Rot on vinyl roof cars is pretty common, nice thing is that any fixing work gets covered back up.
Post some pics of that gem and let us see what we're talking about!
Oh yea, welcome to the neighborhood!
Later,
Dennis
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