Thread: Steering column drop question
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01-04-2005 05:16 AM #1
Steering column drop question
On many cars I see that builders use a peice of 1" square tubing that spans from cowl side to cowl side, behind the dash to hang the steering column drop from. Sometimes this is called a "smile" bar because it is often bent into the smile shape of a 32 dash to follow the bottom contours of the dash, thus clearing the back side of any instruments mounted in the dash.------------Now, I am going to make the assumption that the majority of these cars where I see this done are fiberglass bodies or fiberglass dashes, which need the structural integrity of a steel tube as mentioned above. I am running an all steel body with a steel dash, securely bolted in place.---------------I think that I can safely hang my column drop right off the flange on the underside of my steel dash. I would welcome any informed opinions on this.Old guy hot rodder
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