Re: steering column location
One of the guys on FB who does a lot of frame swap trucks says he moves the column an inch and a half or so to the left (towards the outside) for exhaust clearance. I don't know what he is doing column wise on the inside.
From experience on mine when I did the space the box out to clear the V8 thing with the stock frame back in the 70's the wheel ends up at a slight angle if you keep it in the stock spot or is off center under the dash with the wheel closer to the door if you keep the column straight and rework the bracket. Then you have the pedals to deal with especially if you are running a clutch.
While under the dash of the 91 Dodge Grand Caravan we had for several years changing out the brake booster I discovered that those mini vans have U joints in the column under the dash to move the location where the column goes though the firewall several inches to the left and still keep the wheel in the right spot. I've never seen anyone use a setup like that on a truck or hot rod but It does have interesting possibilities. It would take some serious fabricating and thinking it out though.
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