Thanks so much for the reply! It may be pretty hard to get a different angle on the column and I've got the box shaft up as high as it can go and still connect the pitman arm to the ps cylinder.

The column is "hollow / tube" so cutting it off shorter shouldn't be much trouble. From what I've read on line, the 30 - 35 degree angle is the key so I'll have to figure it out. I hadn't thought of heating and bending the column supports and that shouldn't be that difficult and will enable me to move the master cylinder mount over to the side a bit to relocate it on my firewall.

Thanks again "Old Guy"! Us younger boys (I'm 55) need your valuable experience so we can teach the younger yet as they come up in the hobby!