67 Dart - Converting Steering Column to manual?

It fell apart.
The lower plastic bearing/retainer is a failing point, no availabile steel bearing replacement, parts are not easy to find or interchange with other years.

There is a bearing some say fits, but it doesn't.

67 is an intermediate year, shares some things from earlier years, some from later, some good (threaded speedo), some bad (steering column), some 67 specific.

67 Steering Column - Help