<VV> Steer me straight

[aeroned at aol.com]

Yes, the car currently has the early 65 one piece spear shaft. The reason I want to change it out is for safety. I have a very nice 65-66 two piece steering box and column for it. Then yesterday Terry Kalp gave me a very ugly green 67 column. I really like the collapsable feature as well as the flashers and the common wheel spline. Getting a quick steer Flaming River box is another nice feature.

The floor bracket is just spot welded onto the column. I could either remove and replace that bracket with the 65 bracket. Or weld on a modified bracket. Definitely not a show stopper.

Ned



-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Keillor <dkeillor at tconcepts.com>
To: aeroned <aeroned at aol.com>
Cc: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Fri, Dec 28, 2012 9:29 am
Subject: Re: <VV> Steer me straight


Seth Emerson is the steering column guru.  The first question is whether your '65 column is the one piece "spear" shaft.


I put a Flaming River tilt column and quick box in my '65 with the "spear" shaft, and some of my experience applies.  You'll need a steering box (assuming you have the one piece box/shaft).  Maybe consider a Flaming River quick box from Seth?  The attachment at the floor will also be different as you'll see when you compare the '65 to '67 so you'll have to fabricate something.  Maybe consider a Flaming River tilt column from Seth?  Not cheap, but it's way cool.


Dave



On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 9:07 AM,  <aeroned at aol.com> wrote:

I obtained a 67 steering column yesterday. I'm planning to install it
in my 65 Monza. Has anyone out there in 'Vairland' done that? If so,
what lessons were learned and what insight can you provide?

Thanks,
Ned

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