This is about what you can expect. This is a small block Ford,
with a Bitchen firewall, in a '30 sedan Model A.

You can see the column is only sticking through the firewall
a few inches. It is tight. I got mine in without a carrier bearing, but it took some doing. I even had to massage the u-joints so
the wouldn't bind up on themselves.

I'm using a Limeworks column with nothing on it at all, 1 3/4''.
I'm using a floor shift, and a toggle turn signal.

Daver.