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[MarcGage00]

Hello, I recently found and bought a 66 new yorker two door. Now I am in the process of resurrecting it. I rebuilt the carter and it runs fairly well. It has the tilt and telescope column but someone somewhere cut the steering wheel in four places. I'm pretty handy at finding parts but i have had no luck finding another one. Could use a fan shroud also. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Big_John]

Hello, I recently found and bought a 66 new yorker two door. Now I am in the process of resurrecting it. I rebuilt the carter and it runs fairly well. It has the tilt and telescope column but someone somewhere cut the steering wheel in four places. I'm pretty handy at finding parts but i have had no luck finding another one. Could use a fan shroud also. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Place a want ad here and call Murray at Murray B. Park - Used and NOS Parts for Chrysler, Imperial, Dodge, Desoto, and Plymouth

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

There is a tilt tele column on Facebook Marketplace right now. The wheel will bolt right up.
Tilt telescopic 1967-68 Chrysler Imperial steering column and gold steering wheel

 

[CBODY67]

Is the steering wheel "cut" through the center core of the rim OR is the plastic cracked from shrinkage over time? Shrinkage is the usual culprit. Getting the wheel rim recast can be expensive.

The translucent rims did look great when new, just like the metallic threads in the seat fabrics and pearl tint on the vinyls of the interior, too. THESE two things really stand out when they are put up against similar Ford and GM items of the same color. Or the later 1974 Chrysler Corp color codes.

Good luck on your quests,
CBODY67

 

[MoPar~Man]

There is a tilt tele column on Facebook Marketplace right now. The wheel will bolt right up.
Tilt telescopic 1967-68 Chrysler Imperial steering column and gold steering wheel

The OP has a '66, I thought the columns changed quite a bit in '67 - collapsible outer mesh instead of solid tube?

I am interested in this FB column -

If only for the parts above the shift collar. I have a TT column but no parts above the collar, and no wheel. Would those parts come off this one and work on mine? The seller told me was from a '67 Monaco - it does have the mesh outer tube and solid shaft to the steering gear (this one has the rubber coupler). Is that a Chrysler / Imperial wheel - what would a Monaco TT steering wheel look like?

This has an Imperial center medallion. Padded? Maybe this is a '68 column?

 

[detmatt]

There is a tilt tele column on Facebook Marketplace right now. The wheel will bolt right up.
Tilt telescopic 1967-68 Chrysler Imperial steering column and gold steering wheel

And you can sell the column for what you paid for the whole thing after you grabbed the wheel off of it.

 

[detmatt]

The OP has a '66, I thought the columns changed quite a bit in '67 - collapsible outer mesh instead of solid tube?

I am interested in this FB column -

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If only for the parts above the shift collar. I have a TT column but no parts above the collar, and no wheel. Would those parts come off this one and work on mine? The seller told me was from a '67 Monaco - it does have the mesh outer tube and solid shaft to the steering gear (this one has the rubber coupler). Is that a Chrysler / Imperial wheel - what would a Monaco TT steering wheel look like?

This has an Imperial center medallion. Padded? Maybe this is a '68 column?

That one does look like a ‘68 column because the chrome on it is not polished. The column is Imperial only as it’s longer that the C-body.
The Dodge tilt tele wheel is the same but the center just has a different emblem.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

The 68 T&T column is collapsible, and will not bolt in without serious modification to a 66. However, the steering wheel (and the stainless steel collar and all of the hardware above the telescoping part of the column) will bolt onto any 66 through 68 T&T column.

Therefore, the wheel is a good option for the original poster, or @MoPar~Man , and all of that hardware including the wheel is identical between all Chrysler models (Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler and Imperial), with the only difference being the center emblem, AND the 66s used a cable shifted turn signal switch and cancel cam, while 68's (and 67s too, possibly) did away with a bowden cable, and instead moved to the more traditional turn signal and cancel cam arrangement with wiring that has to be drawn through the column, likely do to the introduction of the collapsible column.

The actual black plastic surround to the center emblem is identical between all models as well.

Center emblem will be difficult to find, but they're out there. For the most part, most people wouldn't know that it's an Imperial emblem, and it looks nice!

 

[crv]

Hello, I recently found and bought a 66 new yorker two door. Now I am in the process of resurrecting it. I rebuilt the carter and it runs fairly well. It has the tilt and telescope column but someone somewhere cut the steering wheel in four places. I'm pretty handy at finding parts but i have had no luck finding another one. Could use a fan shroud also. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

On Craigslist: 1966 Chrysler New Yorker PARTS for sale - auto parts - by owner - vehicle automotive sale - craigslist, but as John suggested, Murray Park would be first point of call.

 

[MoPar~Man]

There is a tilt tele column on Facebook Marketplace right now. The wheel will bolt right up.
Tilt telescopic 1967-68 Chrysler Imperial steering column and gold steering wheel

I've tried to contact that guy about that column, several times, about 3 or 4 days ago, replying to the marketplace ad and tried direct PM, no indication he's seeing them, no response.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

That's too bad. Hopefully he'll get back to you.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

I took a closer look at the pictures in the ad - the chrome on that steering wheel is really crusty, full of pits, and if you tried to clean it up, would just look like s***.

There are better wheels out there - be patient and you will find one.

 

[MoPar~Man]

I have acquired the (Imperial) steering column in question. Actually a family member living in Ottawa has it for me. Once I have it, I'll be swapping over the upper parts to the Monaco/Polara TT column I have (which I'm assuming is do-able), which will make available the lower part of this Imperial column for anyone that wants it.

I recently acquired an NOS (?) quality adjuster ring from another member here, I guess I'll use it if necessary. Some sort of steering wheel re-hab looks to be necessary...

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

I am 90% positive you can swap the parts in question over.

Keep in mind that within the steering column bore is a long tempered steel rod (roughly 6" or so if memory serves) that is a VERY important part of the telescoping locking mechanism. It can easily fall out of the column and be lost if the column is disassembled and turned upside down. Both columns should have the rod.

The rod is in the column bore, underneath the big threaded bolt (with the enormous head on it with multiple holes in it that the locking ring (you call it an adjuster ring) is mounted to). As you turn the locking ring and bolt, it presses on the long rod underneath it, which in turn presses on "shoes" down in the bottom of the mechanism that push outward and prevent the column from telescoping.