okay, so I'm gonna bite the billet and buy a Billet Specialties billet column for my hihood :p
http://www.billetspecialties.com/big_image/x25120.jpg
Billet Aluminum Steering Column Our steering column is fully machined from 6061-T6 billet aluminum. All columns feature GM wiring, emergency flasher, directionals, 5 position tilt and accept most aftermarket steering wheels. Each column is shipped with our 3-piece dress up kit which consists of a tilt lever, turn signal lever, and emergency flasher knob. The dress-up kit pieces are machined from stainless steel and aluminum. Custom lengths are available upon request with a minimum length of 26-1/2î from the end of the ìDouble Dî spline to the top edge of the aluminum body .The standard stock length is 32-1/2î.


How long is your tilt GM column in your flattie or early cj5???

Beuller?

Tom-

In my '43 MB I dropped a 30" custom tilt shaft. To get it into the steering box I had Flame river (company I ordered thru) send me a 8" piece of DD stock that I cut and MIGd into the wyrm drive on my steering box. I then had a clean 3/4 inch DD to mate up to coming out of the box.
My '47 2A came with a GM column (undetermined as to type) and a Sag conversion. The column, frame, body, axles are all inhabiting seperate areas of the garage right now and there are no guarantees as to who or what gets invited back when it's time to get put back together.

Thanks for the reply, I ended up measuring a friends m38a1 column and ended up ordering a 29" column, I'd rather it be a little short that too long. talk about getting bent over though:eek: them fawkers are EXPENSIVE:eek::eek::eek:

Tell me about it! I dropped $300 on mine and $75 for the DD adapter....oh well!