Tilt column question - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

timmosams · 07-29-2005, 07:45 AM

Is it possible to get a 3 on the tree "TILT" steering column?

Putter · 07-29-2005, 09:08 AM

Not that I know about. Cool as it would be....I have never seen nor heard of such.

matthufham · 07-29-2005, 09:44 AM

i have one, but it was factory so i wouldn't know where to buy one except a lucky search in a junkyard.

timmosams · 07-29-2005, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matthufham

i have one, but it was factory so i wouldn't know where to buy one except a lucky search in a junkyard.

So they exist! Well that lets me know that im not looking for a fart in a whirlwind anyway

Thanks. Do you have any pics of the column???

HuggerCST · 07-29-2005, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matthufham

i have one, but it was factory so i wouldn't know where to buy one except a lucky search in a junkyard.

Do you have any pics? I'd like to see that.

matthufham · 07-29-2005, 10:12 AM

well right now it's stripped, but i might have old pics

ok here

i'm gonna go outside and take a better pic
ok here.

**Yukon Jack** · 07-29-2005, 10:45 AM

I think they are meaning a three speed manual tilt column, not an auto tilt like pictured.

matthufham · 07-29-2005, 11:07 AM

"3 on the tree" translates to automatic 3 speed with a column shifter.

RicksTrucks · 07-29-2005, 11:55 AM

3 on the tree means manual on the tree. Automatic is normally on the tree so I think most just say automatic. He is look for a 3 speed manual on the tree with tilt.

matthufham · 07-29-2005, 12:19 PM

hmm ok nevermind my posts then

timmosams · 07-29-2005, 12:34 PM

Perhaps my wording was incorrect. I am looking for a tilt column that has the manual shift on the column. If one exists. thanks anyway. muff

timmosams · 07-29-2005, 12:37 PM

The reason for asking is that i have been looking at some in the classic trucks magazines. Just wondering.

matthufham · 07-29-2005, 02:01 PM

was it all chrome or all billet? you might be able to get them from ididit or billet specialties

timmosams · 07-29-2005, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matthufham

was it all chrome or all billet? you might be able to get them from ididit or billet specialties

The one I was looking at is chrome. I just wanted to know if this was a stock option at some point in time or if the tilt manual shift column was purely aftermarket.

krue · 07-29-2005, 03:07 PM

Aftermarket

timmosams · 08-02-2005, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krue

Aftermarket

Thanks Krue

Longhorn Man · 08-02-2005, 08:18 PM

3 speed manual could not be had with tilt in the 69 - 72 trucks.

07-29-2005, 07:45 AM	#1
timmosams Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Watauga, TN Posts: 65	Tilt column question Is it possible to get a 3 on the tree "TILT" steering column?

07-29-2005, 09:08 AM	#2
Putter More Cowbell.... Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Puckett, MS Posts: 3,569	Not that I know about. Cool as it would be....I have never seen nor heard of such. __________________ *There once was a member from Puckett.....Who ( fill in the blank blank blank* ) bucket**

07-29-2005, 10:45 AM	#7
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	I think they are meaning a three speed manual tilt column, not an auto tilt like pictured. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

07-29-2005, 11:07 AM	#8
matthufham Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carl Junction, Missouri Posts: 2,061	"3 on the tree" translates to automatic 3 speed with a column shifter. Last edited by matthufham; 07-29-2005 at 11:08 AM.

07-29-2005, 11:55 AM	#9
RicksTrucks Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Claremore, OK 74017 Posts: 2,639	3 on the tree means manual on the tree. Automatic is normally on the tree so I think most just say automatic. He is look for a 3 speed manual on the tree with tilt. __________________ 68 Short Stepside C-10 69 SWB C-10 70 Flatbed C-20 70 LWB C-20 BB402 70 LWB C-10 CST 70 LWB C-10 CST 71 Short Stepside Cheyenne C-10 72 LWB C-10 72 Blazer 4x4 4spd 95 Jeep Cherokee 4x4

07-29-2005, 09:44 AM	#3
matthufham Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carl Junction, Missouri Posts: 2,061	i have one, but it was factory so i wouldn't know where to buy one except a lucky search in a junkyard.

07-29-2005, 10:12 AM	#6
matthufham Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carl Junction, Missouri Posts: 2,061	well right now it's stripped, but i might have old pics ok here i'm gonna go outside and take a better pic ok here.

07-29-2005, 12:19 PM	#10
matthufham Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carl Junction, Missouri Posts: 2,061	hmm ok nevermind my posts then

07-29-2005, 12:34 PM	#11
timmosams Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Watauga, TN Posts: 65	Perhaps my wording was incorrect. I am looking for a tilt column that has the manual shift on the column. If one exists. thanks anyway. muff

07-29-2005, 12:37 PM	#12
timmosams Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Watauga, TN Posts: 65	The reason for asking is that i have been looking at some in the classic trucks magazines. Just wondering.

07-29-2005, 02:01 PM	#13
matthufham Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carl Junction, Missouri Posts: 2,061	was it all chrome or all billet? you might be able to get them from ididit or billet specialties

07-29-2005, 03:07 PM	#15
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Aftermarket __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

08-02-2005, 08:18 PM	#17
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	3 speed manual could not be had with tilt in the 69 - 72 trucks.

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