1969 chevelle shifter help or Question?

[jasonL78]

Ok another question? The 4 speed console I think is missing something but I am going in blind here. When I removed the top console plate because the slider was sitting funny to me? It wasn't hooked to the bottom of the top plate like my 68 nova did. It was just laying over the shifter handle. Everything was all sloppy? It has this oval piece that goes over the shifter handle and sits down around shifter boot and the slider was on the top of that then the top plate. This can't be correct is it? Is he missing something.

This isn't even my car and feel bad for my friend he paid a lot of money for this car. He has a car that won't move and the endless little things that I think the previous owner should have taken care of before he sold it. The car was just finished and none of the little bugs were worked out yet.