Mark and I have been discussing columns and we are both curious if anyone has actually installed an American Pontiac column (67-68 B body) into a Canadian car?
I am betting it would fit but a guess is not good enough!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
No kidding eh? What were the issues on it? Obviously wiring would be easy to overcome. I'm assuming it's distance from the firewall to the dash, or firewall to steering gear?
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Now that I think of it, my former 4 speed car owned by our member Kevin in Ontario is sporting a tilt/tele from a 66 Caprice. It was a perfect fit except for a tiny bit of modifying where the collar fit the dash. The rest of the mechanical fit was perfect.
Not sure if that helps my 66 case at all, but it does tell me there is some common specs.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
I have a tilt column from a 67 pontiac and one in my 67 ss427. I should do some measuring etc to see of they are exactly the same.
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1967 2dr Biscayne. L36, M40, G80, K05, F41. #'s. 1967 Impala convert. 283, glide. Parked in the garage since 74 and hasn't moved. Soon to be BB 4speed.
1967 2dr Biscayne. L36, M40, G80, K05, F41. #'s. 1967 Impala convert. 283, glide. Parked in the garage since 74 and hasn't moved. Soon to be BB 4speed.
It seems to me the fit is good except that the collar between Chev and Canadian Pontiac is different by quite a bit.
I just checked the columns and the collars are both the same where it would meet the dash. I measured them.
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1967 2dr Biscayne. L36, M40, G80, K05, F41. #'s. 1967 Impala convert. 283, glide. Parked in the garage since 74 and hasn't moved. Soon to be BB 4speed.
So with that and Vince having swapped a Caprice column into his Laurentian, it's likely very safe to say that 67-68 Canadian Chev and Pontiac B bodies are a straight swap.
Now I'd love to know if the Bonneville column will swap with those, because that Minnesota yard has at least 2-3 of those, all column shift.
And the next step will be to try the 66 Bonneville column in my GP.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars