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Old 07-03-2008, 06:09 PM   #57
jonzcustomshop
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Re: my radical 60 build

the brakes and steering:
I cut the brake mount out of the pontiac firewall, and then fabbed an angled box to make it work with the chevy firewall.
I used the pontiac pedal and suppord, and then trimmed it down to be 6 inches off the floor(an industry standard I think), and then mounted a 57 pontiac starchief brake pedal pad.

The steering was quite a rodeo!
I found out that nothing is the same on all my parts trucks:
60 mounts to the firewall different.
60 has a short 2 piece column-63 is one piece.
63 has a different turn signal cup.
63 column mounts to the brake support 1 3/4" closer than the 60.

After all that , I used a 64 firewall mount, a 60 dash/brake mount, the 60 column, a 63 column housing and turnsignal cup, and I kept the 3 on the tree shift mechanism from the 60.
I was able to weld a tab to the 3 speed shift lever, and it shifts through all the gears on the 4 spd auto!
The only scary part, is no reverse lockout, or nuetral safety switch....
I used a shift and turnsignal lever from a 56 chevy.
I used a 3" hole saw, and mounted the column 2 1/2" higher in the dash, and about 4" higher in the firewall.

now that everthing fits, I will have to take it all apart, and clean up extra holes on the firewall.
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