i dunno what a drop column is either, but i know mine ain't got one. everythings as near stock as i can get it right now, right down to the yellow pine bed i just put on a couple weeks ago. yeah, it smells, and it rides like a truck (used to ride), and it take some pressure to stop and turn and it goes about 50 on a really good stretch and its a pain to start when its hot if you don't get it on the first try, but ain't found nothin better.
tony


Overland Blue, 1953 GMC 1/2T, 100-22, 228/1bbl, 4sp/4.10 6v, shortbed/fender side/5-window.