Father-Son 1974 Duster Project

I'm waiting for engine bay stuff so after I finished the seam seal we had some extra time. We have decided to go with a floor shift, so we needed to get parts to modify the steering column, or cut the gear indicator and shift knuckle off and modify what we had.

I checked out several threads in the Mopar interiors tab where columns were cut and modified. I know you can use parts from a Dodge pickups of the era, but I thought we would go this route.

Since our dash frame is still out out of the car, I thought I could do the mods while the column was still installed in the car. I was able to get the steering wheel off pretty easily. I taped up the ignition switch and put a new cutoff wheel in my grinder. I decided I would leave the the shift arm in the column knuckle when I cut it off. It keeps the collar from rotating, and the nub that stayed in the column was tight, so I used some urethane adhesive just to make sure it stayed put. I used the cutoff wheel to get the gear indicator housing off, then switched to a 80 grit flap wheel and blended everything until it good. Then some rage body filler and some sanding. I'm happy with the results and the whole process took less than 2 hours.