Astro steering shaft floor placement

[philapino18]

I am in the process of installing a steering column out of an astro van into my 59, but I am having trouble determining where the shaft should go through the floor.

Does anyone have any pictures showing this?

Thanks.

[philapino18]

Has anyone else had to cut a hole into the firewall above the original steering shaft hole? I'll try to post a pic in afew days.

Thanks

[mr48chev]

It just takes the right size hole saw to cut the hole along with getting it in the right place so that the wheel is in a comfortable position for you to drive with. Secondly it needs to clear the engine and exhaust and have a fairly clear path to the steering box with the least possibilities of binding up due to tight bends in U joints.

[Lextech]

I don't have any pics to share but, I prefer the column to be higher onto the firewall. A lower mounted column looks a little better in the engine bay but, a higher floor mount looks MUCH better in the cab. 99.9% of the time the hood is closed anyway. On my 54 the column is actually just above the foot/angled area. The column comes through at the lower portion of the flat part of the firewall.

Jeff

[sgtusmc]

Here's mine, It's not an Astro column. It's an 88 c1500 coulmn.

[philapino18]

Thanks for the replies everyone.
Sgtusmc, that is where I cut the hole out for the column, but I wanted see others ideas before I fully committed to that spot.