cheapest way to convert to manual steering?

Do you plan on racing this car? or is this more of a park & shine vehicle?.....because if you plan on racing it, then keeping a collapsible steering shaft is a good idea. not really necessary but a good idea. IF however you are mostly a park & shine kinda guy with the occasional burnout.... who cares? you likely aren't driving it daily? and you are likely pretty careful with it ( most are)....non collapsible columns are only "deadly" in a full head on at a pretty high rate of speed( kinda unlikely )......beyond that they NC's were in cars for almost 40 years, did they kill people ...YES, so did single bowl brakes, early manual steering boxes, no seat belts...the list is LONG!! IF you are a nice weather enthusiast, and aren't driving your classic like your *** is on fire all the time, then it really isn't much to worry about.... the cheapest way is to swap shafts, you can find the correct length on ebay or right here on FABO....just make sure you measure the shaft spline on the box some are 5/8 some are 3/4 and without the right coupling piece, you will be on another hunt very quickly....coupler rebuild kits are all over the place and they are pretty much universal( spline hole is not a factor).......if you want to keep collapsible, it is likely going to be a lil more expensive....remember you can only pick 2 from the eternal 3....FAST, GOOD or Cheap....... if you want Fast & GOOD it WILL not be cheap!! If you want Fast & Cheap it will not be good.....if you want GOOD & CHEAP it will take months! ( or longer)......the good news is YOU get to PICK!!
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I just did my 66 from power to manual swapped out the shaft in the column swapped out the PS box, new pitman arm....total cost, cash $160 and a few swaps...the biggest $$$ were the manual box rebuild ( tighten it up seals & new gears $100) and the new pitman arm $60......the swaps were stuff that I had tripls of and no biggy....