Steering column swap

[fred_e81]

Hi there, I'm new to this whole Chevy truck scene (previously into classic VW's). So I have a newly acquired 79 stepside that was previously a 3 on the tree converted to a floor shifter. The original column is in bad shape and wanted to know if I could swap it out for a manual floor shift or auto column and if it will swap with no problems. I have read the forums and noticed that the 78-83 columns swap one for one but any other one I would need the intermediate shaft as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!