70-300 Steering column swap

[CRUZN3C]

Murray’s a busy guy these days, but he’ll pick up the phone eventually- call him again. Many years ago, I pieced together a tilt column for my ‘66 300 (it was my brother’s at the time), I used a ‘65 NY non-console column (all that I could find, pre-internet- obviously I’d rather have tilt/telescope). Anyway, I had to use the non-tilt shifter collar. I thought about shaving the shifter mount off and filling it but I realized that it was a perfect mount for the oil pressure gauge. Works great!

Hi Clover,

I tried Murphy again yesterday and since I left a message, I'm a little reluctant to be anymore persistent in the event it may become annoying. For all I know, he received my messages and just hasn't got around to calling me back yet....best case scenario. From all the posts I've read here, it sounds like he's a one man (or one family) show and is consistently very busy. From the looks of his stock, I totally get it. We'll see what transpires next week...

I thought about trying to piece things together with my console shifter and the T/T column shifter but the general consensus seems its not recommended. I'm going to start with the path of least resistance and see if I can find a T/T console shifter first, and then move on from there. Thanks for advice.

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[Clover]

Hi Clover,

I tried Murphy again yesterday and since I left a message, I'm a little reluctant to be anymore persistent in the event it may become annoying. For all I know, he received my messages and just hasn't got around to calling me back yet....best case scenario. From all the posts I've read here, it sounds like he's a one man (or one family) show and is consistently very busy. From the looks of his stock, I totally get it. We'll see what transpires next week...

I thought about trying to piece things together with my console shifter and the T/T column shifter but the general consensus seems its not recommended. I'm going to start with the path of least resistance and see if I can find a T/T console shifter first, and then move on from there. Thanks for advice.

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A. Yes Murray’s a one-man operation. Give him a week and then call again. He won’t get angry.
B. There’s is no way to use the non-tilt collar (what you reference as the “bucket” on the tilt or tilt/ telescope column), without some heavy (not worth the time) modifications, to a material that can’t be welded.
C. Using the shifter lever boss as an oil-pressure gauge mount was a perfect solution for me, as the car is heavily modified anyway!

 

[CRUZN3C]

A. Yes Murray’s a one-man operation. Give him a week and then call again. He won’t get angry.
B. There’s is no way to use the non-tilt collar (what you reference as the “bucket” on the tilt or tilt/ telescope column), without some heavy (not worth the time) modifications, to a material that can’t be welded.
C. Using the shifter lever boss as an oil-pressure gauge mount was a perfect solution for me, as the car is heavily modified anyway!

If you could send a picture of your oil gauge set up on the shifter column I would be curious to see how that came out. However, I have already mounted my 3 gauge cluster and Tach....

Thanks.

 

[Clover]

If you could send a picture of your oil gauge set up on the shifter column I would be curious to see how that came out. However, I have already mounted my 3 gauge cluster and Tach....

Thanks.

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I’ll try to get a pic, this weekend!
Got over there sooner than I thought.
I’d forgotten that I was able to rotate the collar 120 degrees.

 

[CRUZN3C]

I’ll try to get a pic, this weekend!
Got over there sooner than I thought.
I’d forgotten that I was able to rotate the collar 120 degrees.

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Very clever ingenuity. Appreciate you sharing the photos. On a side note; never received a response from Murray (left a couple messages). Wondering if he's still in business??

 

[Clover]

Very clever ingenuity. Appreciate you sharing the photos. On a side note; never received a response from Murray (left a couple messages). Wondering if he's still in business??

Thanks for the compliment! Just keep trying to call Murray. He’ll pick up. Mornings are the best time to reach him.

 

[fury fan]

Old news, but FWIW I saw Murray in Indianapolis at a swap meet the weekend of March 4. Might be why he didn't call back at that time.