tilt column?

[msgross]

Originally Posted by 1969k10stepside

The truck columns have a intermediate shaft that comes off on both the column,and rag joint ends Mike.That piece on the van column that connects the column to the rag joint (no intermediate shaft on the vans) comes off and then its just splines like the regular truck column and slides into the regular truck intermediate shaft,or atleast it did on mine.The van column is longer so you have to collapse the shaft in some so it works though.I'm using a late 70s van tilt.Check the FAQ,there is some threads on converting a van tilt to work in a truck

that's amazing... my van tilt is the same length as my non-tilt truck column...33" or so and the non-tilt truck is made with a longer shaft and not an intermediate.... the longer shaft does have another shaft (intermediate?) with a shear pin but that is 12" or so longer than the van. Yep, just checked the garage since I have about 4 different shafts lying around.

main point is, people use van tilts, yes it's possible and yes it's cheaper than a real truck tilt.