Steering Column Help

It's really pretty easy. Mostly swapping parts. Someone on this board or BBD claimed they reassembled without the shift tube but I see no way to do this since the lower section ("collar") of the column mounts to the shift tube.

I have pics of the reassembly process here:

http://70duster440.com/interior.html

And this from FSM: http://70duster440.com/column.PDF