....removed from a 68 Gran Sport 400....complete as shown. A little cleaning, bead blasting and some shiny paint and VOILA! $125 plus shipping. Wheelz, Tampa Bay
Does the 68 fit the 69-72? 68 did not have the locking column as the 69-72 did. Reason I ask is that I have a spare 67 GS400 column and thought it wouldn't fit the later ones and might only fit the 68 as 67-68 columns appear the same. Sorry to hijack your thread, but was wondering about that. Thanks
67 and 68 are not simular, except mabe in some kind of appearence, 68s the intermediat shaft is removable, 67 from the steering wheel to the steering box is 1 shaft...so if you have a 67 column that this can work on...its a 68...or somone cut it up....
I think the two-piece design was termed collapsable steering column and was a safety feature to reduce injury from steering column shafts being forced into the driver in a frontal collision.
All the 1968-1972 big block A body intermediate shafts had removable flanges to clear the exhaust manifold during assembly. They were also collapsable and the smaller diameter half of the shaft slides into the larger one. The two halves are held in place by a plastic pin which sheers upon impact. Looking at the pic in the first post, it appears there may be an issue with the flange. It shold be round like the one below.
i just sold one to Jamie, i took it from a 69 GS and it looks like the one wheels has a pic of, ...i saw a pic of the car he parted and it had a 69 up column..so maybe 68 is different and 69 up is like what he has posted.. the one Donny posted looks like the early tilt column flange..early tilts used a bolt on flange like the BB shafts... i have a 68 BB shaft from a 4 speed ss396 chevelle also and it looks like wheelz...as a matter of fact all 3 i have...i just checked..look like wheelz's... i wouldnt be surprised if 68 BOP was all by its self...
