Collapsible steering column options ?

Keith,

Thnx for the measurements. All '60-64 Valiants, Lancers and Darts are either push button or floor shift. '65-66's could have been column of floor shift. Column shift units can be converted to non-column shift.

Now, does anyone have a '67-up (prefferably '68-up column for comparison purposes

Now, for all the unrequested opinions that have been offered:

Everyone has, and is entitled to, their own opinions. In this case, they specifically were not asked for. Please re-read my first post.

None of you know our daughter, so you're not in a position to pass judgement. She is NOT a typical teenager, and is VERY driven. As parents, we don't tell her what to do, just that she needs do her very best.

Prior to even starting high school, she had already selected her college and DOUBLE major. Now that she is in high school, every class she has, if its available, is an Honors class. In other words, she is earning 5.0 grades weighted on a 4.0 scale. And yes, she is always on the principal's list with all A's. SHE chose this particular high school due to the specific college prep opportunities it provides toward her planned studies. Lastly, everyone must agree that, as well and long recognized by the insurance companies, there is a direct correlation between a young driver's academic performance and likelyhood of accident or injury.

She and I have discussed differences in design and construction of the Valiant vs. modern vehicles. She understands there are advantages AND disadvantages to each and where and why many of those differences lay.

We are teaching her to be a defensive driver. In addition to her mother and I, and driver's education, in a few weekends, she will participate in the local county sherrif's Teen Driving Challenge. This includes 4hrs of classroom time on Friday evening and 4hrs of classroom on Saturday along with seat time, in our car, at the sherrif's department's closed course drivers training facility, with their instructors. Following that, in the spring, we plan to enroll her in a high performance driving course.

In short, she is an above average teenager AND she is being given "more tools in her belt" than most her age. And yes, I will encourage, and do hope, that she is more inclined toward using the Neon as a daily driver.

With all that said, life is full of dangers. Each of us have to make our OWN choices (enter your own personal editorial comments here :grin:) and live with the outcome.

Final comment: Our daughter is DIRECTLY responsible for me using a bluetooth headset, out of her concern about distractions, when she was only 9yrs old!

Now, are there anymore questions, other than the one I started this thread about?

Thnx in advance,
Mike in FL