no all looks the same as for beetle standard coupling just about 4" short and the trans shaft does not come out to the opening in the top of the tunnel it is back in about 2"----very strange

Re-check for something silly and stupid. The transmission mounts on correctly? Changed the front mount for a later one?
Good luck!
Jim

not silly did that ----the trans won't move any more the the front because the rear of trans is set to the 2 horns withe their mount -----at this point I think I'm going to cut the hole for the coupling access about 2" toward the rear and then just make the shift rod longer.

The rear trans support can be mounted backwards. That would push the transmission too far back..
Best regards,
Jim