Recipe for a custom column
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From: Saskatoon SK Canada
Recipe for a custom column
Here's a recipe for a custom steering column:
3 parts '78 F-250 column (steering shaft, turn signal switch and upper piece)
1 part '75 F-500 school bus turn signal switch mount
1 slightly used swather canvas idler roller tube
1 swather roller bearing (it's about 1/16 bigger than the steering shaft but that is a lot tighter than the stock plastic bushing)
Dash of fiberglass
Pinch of body putty
Splash of paint (this isn't the final colour as this is the only color I had left)
Volia instant steering column!
3 parts '78 F-250 column (steering shaft, turn signal switch and upper piece)
1 part '75 F-500 school bus turn signal switch mount
1 slightly used swather canvas idler roller tube
1 swather roller bearing (it's about 1/16 bigger than the steering shaft but that is a lot tighter than the stock plastic bushing)
Dash of fiberglass
Pinch of body putty
Splash of paint (this isn't the final colour as this is the only color I had left)
Volia instant steering column!
Roast em' if you got 'em
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From: Rio Rancho, NM
I always enjoy your updates. I fully appreciate that you are making the most out of the parts that you have available to you and your own ingenuity.
I to am building on a budget (great way to say that I don't have a dime) I think anyone can grab a catalog and order all the parts they need. It takes a special talent to fabricate what is needed.
Keep up the good work
Bobby
I to am building on a budget (great way to say that I don't have a dime) I think anyone can grab a catalog and order all the parts they need. It takes a special talent to fabricate what is needed.
Keep up the good work
Bobby
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That looks great dueller and it's not a GM column!
I agree with Bobby,I do a lot of my own fabricating from crap nobody wants or is going to pitch.I am polishing a set of 302 EFI valve covers because I don't have the 200-300 dollars to buy them from Ford motorsports . Keep up the good work and be sure to post your progress.
I agree with Bobby,I do a lot of my own fabricating from crap nobody wants or is going to pitch.I am polishing a set of 302 EFI valve covers because I don't have the 200-300 dollars to buy them from Ford motorsports . Keep up the good work and be sure to post your progress.
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From: Littleton, New Hampshire
Originally Posted by bobbytnm
I always enjoy your updates. I fully appreciate that you are making the most out of the parts that you have available to you and your own ingenuity. Keep up the good work
Bobby
Bobby
Nice work.
Vern
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From: Longwood, fl
for a minute there I thought I had tuned into and old episode of McGuyver. Hey hand me that can opener need to do a quick labotomy. 
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