Here is what I came up with for a side shifter.
As you can see, I dont have room for another type of shifter. This works great in the space I have.
I am not including measurements because it will be different for every buggy. With the heims, tubing & all parts I have about 40 bucks in it. I still have to put 1/4" spacers on the heims to allow for another few degrees of rotation which will allow me to get 3rd & 4th gear.
The design is really simple & easy to build.
Keep in mind that I dont have a machine shop. I made this with a chop saw, grinder, belt sander, hand drill & a good welder.
The nosecone assembly consists of some 1 inch .065 wall tubing, part of a stock coupler, a male 1/2" heim, a 1/2" bolt & a fine thread 1/2" nut thats about twice as deep as normal ones. Remove the sheet metal from a stock VW shift coupler & you are left with a part that fits nicely in the 1" tubing. I welded a 1/2" bolt in the end of the lower tube & the fine thread nut at the end of the tube with the coupler part welded in it.