[tincan1966]

I may be wrong on years, but a Chev/GMC passenger van column from about 1968 to around 1980 works quite well in these. They do not have the key on column, and are column shift(auto) with tilt available.
$500 is too much to pay for a column.
There's also a guy named Kevin on here that builds a lot of columns with a great reputation. kevKlassics I think is the name. Hopefully someone will chime in and verify the correct one.