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Wootdog · 07-21-2003, 08:05 PM

I know this has been mentioned alot, but I didn't right down the info. That is what happens when you have part timers. I need to know what late model steering columns with tilt are a fairly easy swap. This will have an automatic on the floor not the column. I would go back to the seventy two tilt for our trucks, but I have already modified the painless wiring harness for a late model. The problem is the column I have is kinda out of sorts and it hits where the brake booster is supposed to be mounted. Thus I can not install the booster/master cylinder. Sorry to ramble guys. Wootdog

Wootdog · 07-22-2003, 10:14 AM

TTT

Wootdog · 07-22-2003, 11:22 AM

Come on guys. Someone has this answer. Wootdog

bigvinnie · 07-22-2003, 11:30 AM

Other than the aftermarket columns ( like from Ididit), all I've ever seen in these trucks is the tilts from the 73-80 trucks... I remember seeing an article in Classic Trucks a few years back that detailed the process, it involved shortening the column much like the van tilts as I recall, but was basically a slam dunk...

Wootdog · 07-22-2003, 11:33 AM

Appreciate it BigVinnie

jasonrog · 07-22-2003, 11:52 AM

I have a column out of an early 80's Cadillac. Tilt, Telescopic, leather wheel. Fits prety good.

Hooter · 07-22-2003, 04:05 PM

any GM column from 87 and older will fit of course with modifications because of the firewall differences, ever considered getting a column out of a late 80's van pr RV with the newer wiring?

bobs409 · 07-22-2003, 04:19 PM

Mine has a tilt/telescopic from a 79/80 Caddy or Pontiac. (unsure which as it had a Caddy key and a Pontiac wheel) This had the shifter on the column but it was removed as mine is floor shift. The shifter nub is still there but that's what bandana's are for.

And ugh! that reminds me...I just found out what my floor shifter is out of. A Ford Aerostar of all things! That's got to go. All this time, I wasn't sure what it came from but while in the junkyard, I was looking in vans and there it was...my shifter!

Im thinking of building a floor shifter from scratch. Using my B&M star shifter and the stock floor shifter in my 72 Chevelle as a guide, I may make one myself. Would be a nice winter project...

07-21-2003, 08:05 PM	#1
Wootdog Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va, USA Posts: 1,688	Tilt steering column I know this has been mentioned alot, but I didn't right down the info. That is what happens when you have part timers. I need to know what late model steering columns with tilt are a fairly easy swap. This will have an automatic on the floor not the column. I would go back to the seventy two tilt for our trucks, but I have already modified the painless wiring harness for a late model. The problem is the column I have is kinda out of sorts and it hits where the brake booster is supposed to be mounted. Thus I can not install the booster/master cylinder. Sorry to ramble guys. Wootdog __________________ 1967 C10 Got it back after three years Boy I sure missed Peppy 1969 Chevelle 1990 IROC Z Convertible 2002 Silverado LT

07-22-2003, 10:14 AM	#2
Wootdog Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va, USA Posts: 1,688	To the top TTT __________________ 1967 C10 Got it back after three years Boy I sure missed Peppy 1969 Chevelle 1990 IROC Z Convertible 2002 Silverado LT

07-22-2003, 11:22 AM	#3
Wootdog Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va, USA Posts: 1,688	Help me out Come on guys. Someone has this answer. Wootdog __________________ 1967 C10 Got it back after three years Boy I sure missed Peppy 1969 Chevelle 1990 IROC Z Convertible 2002 Silverado LT

07-22-2003, 11:30 AM	#4
bigvinnie Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: escondido, ca 92026 Posts: 1,222	Other than the aftermarket columns ( like from Ididit), all I've ever seen in these trucks is the tilts from the 73-80 trucks... I remember seeing an article in Classic Trucks a few years back that detailed the process, it involved shortening the column much like the van tilts as I recall, but was basically a slam dunk... __________________ '72 short step, 350, 700R4, tilt, ps, pdb, a/c, lowered coils, etc., other work in progress... San Diego, CA 72 Stepside Project Last edited by bigvinnie; 07-22-2003 at 11:32 AM.

07-22-2003, 11:33 AM	#5
Wootdog Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va, USA Posts: 1,688	Thanks Appreciate it BigVinnie __________________ 1967 C10 Got it back after three years Boy I sure missed Peppy 1969 Chevelle 1990 IROC Z Convertible 2002 Silverado LT

07-22-2003, 11:52 AM	#6
jasonrog Registered User Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Posts: 248	I have a column out of an early 80's Cadillac. Tilt, Telescopic, leather wheel. Fits prety good.

07-22-2003, 04:05 PM	#7
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	any GM column from 87 and older will fit of course with modifications because of the firewall differences, ever considered getting a column out of a late 80's van pr RV with the newer wiring? __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

07-22-2003, 04:19 PM	#8
bobs409 1969 Custom 30 wrecker Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Pottsville, Pa Posts: 2,611	Mine has a tilt/telescopic from a 79/80 Caddy or Pontiac. (unsure which as it had a Caddy key and a Pontiac wheel) This had the shifter on the column but it was removed as mine is floor shift. The shifter nub is still there but that's what bandana's are for. And ugh! that reminds me...I just found out what my floor shifter is out of. A Ford Aerostar of all things! That's got to go. All this time, I wasn't sure what it came from but while in the junkyard, I was looking in vans and there it was...my shifter! Im thinking of building a floor shifter from scratch. Using my B&M star shifter and the stock floor shifter in my 72 Chevelle as a guide, I may make one myself. Would be a nice winter project... __________________ Bob 63 Impala 283/PG/3.36 (under restoration) 66 Impala 327/PG/3.36 66 Chevelle SS 409/M22/3.55 69 Chevelle 307/PG/3.08 (future restoration) 69 C10 short stepside 454/TH350/3.73 69 Custom 30 tow truck 350/4 spd/4.10 (resto done, CRUISIN TIME!) 71 Cheyenne 20 fleetside 350/4 spd/4.10 71 Chevelle 6/PG/3.08 72 Chevelle 454/M21/4.10



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