Need advise for my 57 country sedan custom steering column conversion

[tim bullion]

57 country sedan wagon: Looking for ideal  tilt column ideas  for auto trans that that utilizes stock shift indicators on dash. All after market columns I've found are column mounted indicators.

[abe_lugo]

The problem I see is that the original style column has the pointer built into the shaft that turns.
also on the original column the shifter shaft is stacked onto of the main column jacket. forming a taper, that taper suits the change of the column mount area and the housing cover plate for the indicator.

I would  find a standard transmission shift indicator plate, that should delete the plate close.

Then get a tilt-column setup that has the shift indicator on the column top. near the steering wheel. I think some Chevy vans had it that way.

[Ford Blue blood]

Mid 70s Ford vans had a tilt but no indicator.  Same problem, the shifter tube was inside the column housing.  The housing is 2 1/2" in diameter and would not fit inside the stock 57 dash insert.

[silverbird#58]

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[57chero]

I used a 75 F-100 non tilt column and modified the column surround.