To start, I installed the stock S10 shiter lower base and shifter. Here's the base installed.

Here's it is again with the shifter stick and in neutral.

Here it is again but in first gear. Definitely not good. There was about a 1/2" inch between knob and dash.

To solve this, I started by looking for a base that would reduce the throw. I found the unit shown below.

Manufacturer's description:
"This is a custom base that contains a readily available Hurst Billet Plus component set (supplied by Hurst) inside a custom housing (not produced by Hurst, but 100% made in USA). It functions exactly the same as any regular Hurst Billet Plus shifter, but in a configuration Hurst does not offer. This mechanism is smoother and more robust than the original Comp Plus design".

The stated throw reduction is about 35%.

With the base solved, I decided to then mock up a shifter then go looking for an off-the-shelf stick.

To begin, I bent up a old-style wire clothes hanger to the approximate height and rear, bent-back position. I then transferred that shape to a piece of 1/4" plywood. The plywood stick was drilled to the base bolt pattern and installed.

It was pretty much excatly where is should be and, when in first gear, was nowhere near the dash.

Using the plywood stick as the template, a piece of bar stock was welded to the S10 stick and the stick was mounted to complete the simulation.

This is what I would be looking for in an aftermarket stick. I measured the height at the first bend, the overall height at the knob and the rearward distance. I then went searching.

This is what I found: A Hurst #238-0292 stick that is within a 1/4" dimensionally of what I was looking for. I don't really need the 1.65" incline to the left but I'll see what it's like in actual use. If it needs to be centered, it can be tweaked.

The actual stick. It will be topped with a round Hurst black 5-speed knob.