Has anyone used one of the aftermarket steering colums such as flaming river or others??? Please let me know how you made out and how difficult the swap was. I have a a column shift that I have converted to a floor shift. thanks

I put a Flaming River column in my car because I wanted a tilt. My car was originaly a floor shift model.

The column itself works great. The problem is getting it to work with the stock bracket that bolts the column to the bottom of the dash. Several years ago when I did the swap, all they had was a generic "hot rod" billet aluminum collar that would bolt to the bottom of the dash. I had to take very careful measurements and have a professional welder put SS pieces on my column and then drill and tap holes so I could use the OEM column bracket. The guy builds custom motorcycle frames for a living so he did a fantastic job. Not only could I use the OEM bracket but the OEM plastic trim pieces that hide that bracket (what I wanted)

What I am saying is that the column can be made to work to look like stock. But it takes some expert work.

But then, maybe they make a better bracket these days.

Thanks salmon,

Anybody know if they have the bracket sorted out yet???

I checked after I wrote the message above. Still just a big, round aluminum collar.

I don't know why one of these companies just doesn't make a nice stock appearing/fitting tilt column for the 67-68 "f" body. When you put the Camaros in the mix, there would have to be a big enough market for this product and how easy would it be to offer it in a semi gloss black or chrome...

Agreed big time.

Update: I just downloaded Ames new F15 Firebird catalog. They are now selling rebuilt OEM tilt steering columns for $500.

No kidding, about time!