The shifter is the "knob on the steering column". Not really on the column. It is on the other side of the column. The other lower knob is a quick release knob for the parking brake handle.
Sort of yard art. When I found this Pegasus, it was bent up into a ball by a Caterpillar tractor. I brought it home, put on two pairs of safety glasses and tried my best to unbend it. This is the final result....