Anyone running aftermarket column?

[Garethw]

My 65 Valiant is a column shift auto and has the two cable style. I’m putting in a ‘66 904 with the single rod style. So I need a new column. I’m curious if anyone has used an aftermarket and how it looks in your early A. Show me some pics

 

[xLURKxDOGx]

Have you looked through the sale section here for a 1966 column shift? They’re out there and look better in my opinion.

Jake

 

[Garethw]

Have you looked through the sale section here for a 1966 column shift? They’re out there and look better in my opinion.

Jake

Yeah, I’m leaning that direction actually. Just wondering how some other options would look.

 

[65 Dartman]

No pics but I’m planning on using an 80/81 J Body floor shift column in my 65 Dart wagon. Why the J Body column? So the J Body underdash wiring harness will connect just like factory to the column connectors.

 

[Garethw]

No pics but I’m planning on using an 80/81 J Body floor shift column in my 65 Dart wagon. Why the J Body column? So the J Body underdash wiring harness will connect just like factory to the column connectors.

The wiring in my car was so ugly I yanked the entire wire harness out. There must have been a box worth of household wire connectors under the dash. I also want to go one-wire alternator and HEI dizzy. So I’ll be using a complete aftermarket wiring kit from Painless or the like. The thought of having a GM style turn signal switch connector doesn’t sound bad to me.