Re: [AMC-list] Safety Weinie

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

No, I fit a late 80s/early 90s Chevy S-10 steering column in mine. It uses a collapsible intermediate shaft (which I had to shorten an inch or two!) instead of the late 60s/early 70s collapsible steering column. The 67-69 American used one of those. The collapsible intermediate shaft deal just might fit in a small (58-63) American. The trick would be to use a short column, like one from a rear steer front wheel drive car. Those stop right after they go through the firewall. Something like a pre 96 Ford Taurus column might work, and would even have a column shifter. 

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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:50:27 -0800
From: tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>

For those that havent seen one, the collapsible section isn't a rod, it's a
"cage"/tube made of expanded metal, about 3" diameter if I recall, about a
foot of it.  It keeps it's stiffness until it's deformed, like a cardboard
tube does. There's more to the design like a break-away column mount etc as
someone else wrote.

Frank fit one in a 64 Classic. But no way they'd fit in the early American
(pre-64). That car is SMALL. I don't think most AMCers who don't drive one
realize how small it is. The steering column from wheel to instrument panel
is like 3". With my palms FLAT on the steering wheel, I can touch the
windshield and instrument panel! From the drivers seat, I can reach my arm
in back and put my palm flat on the rear tire well. SMALL!

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