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| | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 198 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 198 | I'm running a standard - what vehile would make a good donor for a steering column? (I will also be running a standard tranny).
I've got an 89 blazer in my driveway, but it's got the shifter on the steering column. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 109 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 109 | Most any GM collapsible column from a floor-shift car will work. Some vans had nice ones too. They only made 2 or 3 different lengths, should be easy to get one!
Im using a 84 Impala column in my 50 Burb. This gives me hi-low beam switch, wipers, turn signals and column shift!
If your one of those guys like me who pull themselves in with the steering wheel, try to pass on the tilt wheel! (how often do you adjust it anyway)?
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 198 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 198 | thank's for the info... I didn't realize I had this much flexibility. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Jeep CJ's of the AMC era used GM steering columns and were usually manual shift. There are several companies marketing new columns in the GM pattern. That may be more money than you want to spend, though. You can also use the original if you cut it and fabricate shafts for it, as long as you don't mind it being an impaler.
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A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 198 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 198 | what do you mean by being in impaler??? all these are colapsable steering columns. I think I'm going to try this steering shaft out of this wrecked k5, and I'll do a touch of metal work to get rid of that pieces that holds the shifter.
at least it will let me judge length first. | | | | | | Anonymous Unregistered | | Anonymous Unregistered | Solo, I sawed my auto shifter off and smoothed it, filled the hole with bondo and painted, no one could tell when it was done and only took an afternoon to do. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | There are ChevyGMC vans that have columns that have no shifter or key switch on them.they just have the turn signal switch handle.Nice and clean 
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