Thanks Bob, I have purchased that plastic cover for most of the column but the mfgr recommends chiseling off any mounting bolt/nuts and I have not done this yet. I could have used your pictures earlier, but as of now I think I will just use two stout angle straps that can be painted and fasten them to the stock bolt/nuts on the outer part of the column and use the black plastic sheath to cover the lower part of the column. Maybe when I get the thing set up at the bottom as well as the top I can chisel off the extra mount points and trim the plastic sheath to cover most of it. Your columns look great and I did not know you could get them so smooth. On the other hand I suppose I am going to spend quite a bit of time down there under the dash checking out the wiring so part of the problem is figuring out the wiring before I tuck it under the black sheath. It seems to me that if I slip the lock/cap ring over the bottom of the column, the sheath can be "rolled" on and off the column in place and then the bottom lock ring can be pushed up after I get the wiring settled. Another problem is that my brake pedal is very close to the last flat space on the floor/firewall. I ordered the simple type swing mount from Speedway today and it looks like I will only be able to bolt half of the mount to the floor/frewall and I will have to remove the other side of the mount and let the round hole be the other side of the bottom mount if I can cut it out carefully on a rounded surface. Still another problem is that the accelerator pedal is in a sort of "short" position and extension of my right leg wil be limited due to the size of the Model A cockpit, although I am of average height (5' 10"). Thanks for your patience. As several Forum members have said the second or third rod benefits from the learning experience of the first but at this point I will have to settle for "functional".

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder