Re: [AMC-List] AMC/GM Column

[<francis.swygert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, the steering wheel will fit. Length isn't to big an issue as long
as the column will extend through the floor and the shift lever won't
interfere with anything else. The early collapsible columns are long
though, and bolt directly to the steering box with no intermediate
shaft. It will be difficult to find a column with the shift quadrant on
the column and no key. Chevy/GMC vans are usually scavenged by hot
rodders because they were the last to use a plain column. If you find a
column with no key and still no quadrant, Southern Rods sells a stick on
indicator for $18.95
(http://www.southernrods.com/categories/hot-rod-interiors/steering-colum
ns/southern-rods-1.html). I'd use the newer 70s style column with a
collapsible intermediate shaft. A G-body column or van column will fit.
I just pulled the key cylinder out of the column I have in my 63 Classic
(a late 80s S-10 column) and popped a chrome plug over it. The plug was
made for covering holes in plumbing fixtures and such. Most people don't
notice it. You'll have to work on the "foot" that screws to the floor,
but the old one cuts off easy enough. I used a couple angle brackets
about 1/2" wide with two hose clamps anchoring them to the column, then
screwed to the floor. I was able to use the original 63 filler piece.
There's always Ididit and other aftermarket columns. Southern Rods has
them for $259, complete with turn signals and such. 


-- original message -----------------------
Date: Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:40 AM
From: Jim Boone <fljab@xxxxxxxxxxx> 

If my '67 Rebel has a Saginaw column, then if I decide to change it out
for
an automatic transmission conversion, I can look for used units out of a
GM/Chevelle, correct?  My Rebel steering wheel should fit?

I realize to make sure of length and all that, plus I'd need a non-key
version, but one that has the auto shifter on the column.  IIRC, GM went
to
the keyed-columns a couple of years before everyone else, yes?


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