Tuff Wheel Question

Yes. I did the same on my 67. I took an A body adapter and drilled out the spot welds and only used the half that I needed. Here's a pic of a stock A body adapter on the left. The smaller part at the top is the offending piece that we want to remove.
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Here's a shot of the adapter with the spot welds drilled.

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And here's one with it assembled.

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And here's a shot of the final assembly. There's a gap between the adapter and original column but it's barely noticable once the column is installed because of the angle you will be viewing it from.
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