That is probably the root of your issue right there if it is true.
In '67 and '68 the ignition key slot was in the dash. In 1969, many car companies adopted a theft deterent system where the key was in the steering column. Locking the ignition also locked the steering column and the transmission selector.
The way they did this with floor shifters was to leave the rotating sleave for the column shifter still there, but they locked the floor shift through a series of linkages from the column to the floor shifter.
So if you truely have a '68 column transplanted into your '69, you have issues. But I doubt it because you noted that you have the rotating sleave.
So is your ignition key in the steering column?
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