Tilt column questions

[Shifty One]

So my column can't be tightened any more...it was used as a way for farmhands to pull themselves into the truck for too long, and it's done. Will a non-tilt column swap in without issue? If so, is there a year-span that will work? (mine is an 87, a/t, with the cruise/windshield wiper/delay on the turn signal lever). Barring that, does anyone sell a replacement knuckle? The price of columns is pretty prohibitive, even for scrap-yards, so...