stock shifter restore?

[woodsnake]

I don't post much in this part of the forum, and my search didn't really find what I am looking for.
My friend has a late 84 (Nov 84) production mustang 5.0, that a PO installed a C4 into. He is trying to put it back to stock. I was under the impression that it would have a shifter rod, like an earlier model car, but now I'm hearing 'cable'? What is the stock automatic shifter assembly supposed to look like for this car?
My thinking was a steel rod, with the AOD, but now I don't know. Is there a picture somewhere on here by chance that illustrates what I am looking for?
What is the "stock" shifter set up for an 85 GT. 5.0 supposed to look like?
THANKS.

 

[Mustang5L5]

1984 was the first year for the AOD transmission, and it's cable shifted. Basically the shifter bolts to the floor, and a cable connects to the drivers side of the trans and a "throttle valve" cable connects to the throttle body as well.

 

[woodsnake]

The same PO that installed the C4, actually put in a B&M shifter, is it possible that the B&M cable is long enough? I've heard so many horror stories about retro fitting an AOD, that I am scared to death to try and use a not stock set up.
I've seen that there are adapters for aftermarket shifters on AOD transmissions, how hard is it to find the stock pieces?

 

[woodsnake]

Bump to the top, nobody has any good visual aids on the stock shifter set up? A diagram, or similar?
Or a parts list of what a stock shifter lever, console and cable looks like?
Thanks,