I have 2 choices... stay as close to orignal... which would be a column from a 67 f250 and p/s shaft from a 75. or buy a complete p/s column and shaft from a 77... advantage of this one is it has a column lock on it.... is it worth it to have a column lock? obviously the column lock is a theft deterrent.
lol really? Im not sure I could do either?! What the deal is ... I need a column... to get the f250 column... I would have to do the shaft swap in the yard... Ive never done this but I hear it isnt hard. This column came to my attention.. and it looked in good shape. love to hear more on this... you guys get to dictate which I buy. both are gonna run me 100 bucks.
As a police officer I've recovered alot of stolen cars....and the late 70's through late 80's columns are easy to defeat, its a pot metal enclosure around the lock cylinder that shatters quite nicely, then you reach in and hit the push rodd and off you go, coulumn is now unlocked and ignition is hot....I recommend the non locking column and a hidden kill switch, (I wired one into a not used climate control slot once....) I also wired my entire ignition system in one color...yeah it'll be a ***** if something goes wrong but nothing a multi-meter cant figure out
Pretty much EXACTLY what I said on your other post. I have known a few "seedy charactors" and anytime they saw me hotwire an old car (legally, cars I bought, no keys) you would swear I was walking on water, by the look of ***** astonishment. Put a column lock on your car without any type of kill switch, I can own your car with a screwdriver, a rock and 10 seconds. I cant even hotwire my own cars that fast.
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