68 4-door "Sleeper"

I had some clearance problems with the steering column and the hemi. Here is how I solved the problem. I disassembled the steering colum to isolate the firewall-mounting-plate. Here is the plate before modification... you can see the hemi head through the hole.


I am going to modify the plate and move it over about 3/4 of an inch... like this. Now, you can't see the hemi head.


I welded some sheet metal to extend to bolt hole on the upper right. (below)


Here it is bolted in and moved to the left. One problem I had, though, is that 2 of the captive nuts on the firewall have been replaced by non-captive nuts. I had to have my brother help me bolt it in.


I almost moved it over too much. It clears the fender well by just a fraction of a cunt hair.


Here is a preview of what it may look like when it is done. I put the throttle body and air cleaner just to see how it might look.


That's all for now.