73' B3 340 Duster pro touring build

Okay, to get away from the sheep topic, I decided to post some pics of the steering issue I ran into and my potential solution. With A body headers on the car I wouldn't have this proble but with B & E body headers and thier desigh once everything was mocked in placeI found that the number 7 tube was touching the column housing and that was without the shifter lever in place....so the easiest solution was to get a short column (17") and have the U joint inside the car and run a 1" tube down throught the firewall with a support bearing and then to the steering box, and of course the shifter will now be on the floor. I cut the factory steering column mounts off and will weld them on the new steering column mounting it exactly like the factory with the 3 mounting points.. more to follow once complete.