Thread: Chev tilt column in Model A

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Henry Rifle, there seems to be a flurry of threads on steering columns and on the other thread about the Ididit column in your '34 you say the column is 30 3/4" from the back of the steering wheel to the end of the column. My non-tilt '82 Camaro column appears be slightly over 30" for the same distance but I could not get an accurate measurement with wet paint still on it. The distance from the back of the steering wheel to the firewall bracket now welded there for the Camaro gives a distance of 27" but if necessary I can cut off the weld tabs and move the bracket further down the column and reweld it or maybe I just need to buy a 3" dish steering wheel. So I am learning and encouraged by the information on several threads. However from your last comment the lever at the bottom of the column is for the shift mechanism and my column has no shifter, apparently from a floor shift model. I guess this means there must have been some connection to the floor shifter and that in turn is related to the lock plate. Well I have learned a lot, thanks to you and Brianrupnow so I won't make more of a big deal about it until
I chat with someone at Lokar to find out whether I can use this non-shift column with a Lokar floor shift and retain the locking mechanism. Thanks again, although I have to show my ignorance there is help on this Forum.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder