Brian,
Did you get the column from Horton's?
The 32 inches is interesting as they said 30 was common but maybe your hole in the firewall is lower than some. I hope to use the under dash Kugel brake so if I use the sqaure tube for steering it might have a few jogs too. Any idea what the gauge of the dash is? In the Dennis Parks book they use that dash and mounted the column drop just to it. I am just going to put in a homemade metal dash with slight angle and about the same shape as yours. The plywood mockup seems to work. I was wondering what gauge to use.
Ken