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**pjmoreland** · 10-24-2005, 02:20 AM

You can install the older style rigid column in your '70 with no problems. I don't know this for sure, but you may be able to use the entire inner steering shaft from your '70 3 spd manual column inside the '67 column. I've heard that the government started requiring a joint in the steering column in '68 as a safety feature so that the column will buckle during a collision instead of having the steering shaft pop out of the column and smack you in the face (same year they started requiring sidemarkers and running lights that are lit when the headlights are lit).

If the steering wheel is not installed on the '67 column, it might just feel loose because the steering wheel isn't there to keep the bearings preloaded.

10-24-2005, 02:20 AM	#2
pjmoreland Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: CA Posts: 6,232	Re: Extra steering column joint on 1970, can it be swapped with a 67 ?? You can install the older style rigid column in your '70 with no problems. I don't know this for sure, but you may be able to use the entire inner steering shaft from your '70 3 spd manual column inside the '67 column. I've heard that the government started requiring a joint in the steering column in '68 as a safety feature so that the column will buckle during a collision instead of having the steering shaft pop out of the column and smack you in the face (same year they started requiring sidemarkers and running lights that are lit when the headlights are lit). If the steering wheel is not installed on the '67 column, it might just feel loose because the steering wheel isn't there to keep the bearings preloaded.