steering column interchange
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Instructor
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From: woodstock ga
steering column interchange
will a camarro column fit in my vette. it is a 75'. does any body know of any colum the same legnth? it can be from any car. i can fab. mounting hardware to fit.
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There are no other passenger car steering columns that can or should be adapted into your C3 Corvette. The 1968 C3 had a unique steering column that will interchange with the 1967 C3. It will not adapt into anything else. All 1969 through 1976 C3 steering columns, regardless if they are standard (non-adjustable) or T&T will interchange between those years.
The 1977 through 1982 columns (with the dimmer switch) can be adapted with somer work to fit into the earlier (1969-76) C3s.
The 1977 through 1982 columns (with the dimmer switch) can be adapted with somer work to fit into the earlier (1969-76) C3s.
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From: Chattanooga TN
Originally Posted by Jim Shea
There are no other passenger car steering columns that can or should be adapted into your C3 Corvette. The 1968 C3 had a unique steering column that will interchange with the 1967 C3. It will not adapt into anything else. All 1969 through 1976 C3 steering columns, regardless if they are standard (non-adjustable) or T&T will interchange between those years.
The 1977 through 1982 columns (with the dimmer switch) can be adapted with somer work to fit into the earlier (1969-76) C3s.
The 1977 through 1982 columns (with the dimmer switch) can be adapted with somer work to fit into the earlier (1969-76) C3s.
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If you have a "round head" T&T column in your Vette (1969-76) and the Eldo column is also a "round head" there are lots of parts in the steering column head that should interchange. The same goes for a dimmer columns (i.e. bulge on the left side of the head). C3 Vettes from 1977 through 1982 and corresponding Eldo, Toro, Olds T&T columns from that era.
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My understanding is that the early Eldo/Toro column is the way to go if you want to do a little fab work. They are shorter overall (very close to the '77-'82 columns), but otherwise almost the same. That's all hearsay at this point, but my goal is to find one and move that dang steering wheel closer to the dash! I haunt the wrecking yards, but all those cars I've found were either already missing the column, or it had been "destruction derbied" and destroyed.
I am 6'-1" and I have GOT to improve the driving position! Right now I find myself with my knees almost hitting the stock wheel and that same wheel right in my chest. Seat position is whole 'nuther story...
Hans
I am 6'-1" and I have GOT to improve the driving position! Right now I find myself with my knees almost hitting the stock wheel and that same wheel right in my chest. Seat position is whole 'nuther story...
Hans
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From: Sault Ste Marie Ontario
Originally Posted by Wrencher
My understanding is that the early Eldo/Toro column is the way to go if you want to do a little fab work. They are shorter overall (very close to the '77-'82 columns), but otherwise almost the same. That's all hearsay at this point, but my goal is to find one and move that dang steering wheel closer to the dash! I haunt the wrecking yards, but all those cars I've found were either already missing the column, or it had been "destruction derbied" and destroyed.
I am 6'-1" and I have GOT to improve the driving position! Right now I find myself with my knees almost hitting the stock wheel and that same wheel right in my chest. Seat position is whole 'nuther story...
Hans
I am 6'-1" and I have GOT to improve the driving position! Right now I find myself with my knees almost hitting the stock wheel and that same wheel right in my chest. Seat position is whole 'nuther story...
Hans
Le Mans Master
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From: Saginaw Michigan
Why not try and install a 1977 or later T&T column? Download this paper for a start: http://www.corvettefaq.com/c3/77+Col...3Rev11NO03.doc
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