Chevy Tilt colum shifter attachment

[bigbadchev72]

I bought a 72 tilt steering column from a buddy. Neither of us realized at the time someone cut the shifter attachment off at the engine bay side until after I painted it and went to install the rubber gaskets for it. It had been installed in a manual truck and someone decided that it was no longer needed and cut it off.

I have a few standard columns I can cut up for parts and weld onto my tilt. But I also have a column out of a van that had an engine fire and melted the engine side bearings.

There is an offset in the van column shifter bracket and the standard non tilt is straight. Is the offset a van deal or is there any reason I need the offset? Can I use the straight one off the standard column?

I have no way of posting pics right now, But can someone post a pic of what a factory tilt column engine side transmission shifter bracket looks like?

[FirstOwner69]

This might help.

First picture:
Top to bottom...
- motorhome
- truck
- van (part at end of shaft not removed when I took the picture)

The second picture shows the business end of my truck tilt installed. If your offset attachment bracket is like the top one in pic #1, I've read here that that column should work without modification except for the neutral safety switch location.

[FirstOwner69]

Here's a zoomed shot showing the offset attachment bracket vs. the truck tilt bracket.

[bigbadchev72]

This helps out a ton! Thank you