V8 Cj5 How Bad.

That looks like a great spot for it out of the way.
Did you just lengthen the rods to make it work?

 

Yes. I cut both ends off of the shift linkages and welded them to new longer section.



Here you can kinda see how low and rearward I moved the shifter.



My entire build thread is here: Norcal69's Common Sense Build.
You can see the before and after location on page 2. As I said before, I highly recommend driving your jeep for a while before modifying. Like I mean use it as is for a year, as long as there aren't safety concerns, then start making plans for mods.

 

That sounds like a good plan, get it safe and enjoy sounds like a good deal for me.
I will go read that build thread.
Thanks for all your help