power column with manual box??? can it be done?

I would like to know if any one has experience with using a power column with a manual box. I know that there is a "shaft within a shaft" design with some plastic rivets designed to shear an allow the column to collapse in an accident, so is there enough length on the shaft to extend it (shearing the plastic rivets) to use the power column with a manual box (and coupler)? Has anyone done it?
Or... is there something else mopar that is readily available at the pick and pull that has a column that will work in an A-body?