Thanks Jim. I too can appreciate the tilt feature now more than I did as a youngster. That and a six-way power seat and it is just about as comfortable as it can get. I think the only other column that could be substituted would be the 1969 unit. The overall fit is the same, just the key switch is on the column and it has the steering wheel lock. But when searching I found absolutely none available either. The '69 and up to '81 is basically the same, except the 1970 and later column does not collapse like the 1967-8-9 ones. They used the extension from the column to the steering box for the collapse-able part. I still have to measure mine against my buddy's column to see if I got the length and placements correct.