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

Very easy to do. I did this on my 69 Dart. Learned the trick from an older fellow Moparian. We just took a pair of vice grips and clamped to the shaft in the engine bay and bumped with a hammer until it was the length despired for the coupling to fit to the box. We didn't even bother with the nylon pieces in the column.
I did this once. This exact same way. I locked a grip plyers under the hood and pounded it down with a hammer until I reached the manual steering box. The only thing, is, I was always wondering how much splines I was really driving on?????????? Perhaps Whitepunkonnitro could answer this question. ??? I since have been buying the "power to manual" adapter.