Now that a new year has rolled around, and I have already posted my "big whine about high cost of hot rod parts" last month, I bit the bullet yesterday. I went to my local speed shop, and ordered a new Ididit tilt column, a Lecarra steering wheel and adapter, a Lokar shifter, a set of 5 Autometer electronic gauges, a Billet specialties dash insert, a set of Lokar parking brake cables, a Lokar throttle cable, and a new ignition switch. This cost a grand total of $2464.00 including taxes.----On my previous rods, I scrounged through a lot of old wrecking yards and recycled most of this stuff from junked cars, for about 10 percent of what I just paid.----Now I am considerably older, a bit wealthier, and the junk yards are all covered with 2 foot of snow right now. I will be submitting picture/posts of this neat stuff as I install it on the roadster pickup. Now all I have to hope is that my mechanical design business does as well this year as it did last , to put some money back into the kitty.