Lower column mount with larger column? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

yossarian19 · 06-06-2013, 09:10 PM

I'm mounting a '71 van column in my '57. The van column is larger diameter than the original and won't fit through the original floor plate. I'm thinking about taking a die grinder to the floor plate & massaging it into place over the column, but thought I'd ask what others are doing / have done before I start making sparks.
So how are folks mounting the lower part of the column to the floor / firewall?

_Ogre · 06-06-2013, 09:13 PM

cut it, that's what i did

yossarian19 · 06-11-2013, 08:37 PM

Wow, that was *much* easier than anticipated. Die grinder + body saw. Done in moments, bent easy to get it around the column.

06-06-2013, 09:10 PM	#1
yossarian19 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Nevada City, CA Posts: 908	Lower column mount with larger column? I'm mounting a '71 van column in my '57. The van column is larger diameter than the original and won't fit through the original floor plate. I'm thinking about taking a die grinder to the floor plate & massaging it into place over the column, but thought I'd ask what others are doing / have done before I start making sparks. So how are folks mounting the lower part of the column to the floor / firewall?

06-06-2013, 09:13 PM	#2
_Ogre Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Motown Posts: 7,680	Re: Lower column mount with larger column? cut it, that's what i did __________________ cool, an ogre smiley Ogre's 58 Truk build how to put your truck year and build thread into your signature shop air compressor timer

06-11-2013, 08:37 PM	#3
yossarian19 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Nevada City, CA Posts: 908	Re: Lower column mount with larger column? Wow, that was much easier than anticipated. Die grinder + body saw. Done in moments, bent easy to get it around the column.



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