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68_chop_top · 12-22-2012, 10:04 AM

I shortened my steering shaft AND dropped it down a little. I chopped my cab so I had to put the bench seat on the floor. I removed the gas tank so I could put the seat as far back as possible. I am 6'1" and 210 and I looked like an ol' grandma with the steering wheel too close and too high. Lowered cab means lowered seat which means lowered and shortened steering column. I love the factory steering wheel. I like the strap on tach cuz thats the way I did it in high school. My tranny then was a T-5 5 speed. Now I roll with a Tremec TKO600 5 speed.

12-22-2012, 10:04 AM	#12
68_chop_top Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Granbury, TEXAS Posts: 250	Re: shortened steering column and floor shift conversion..complete I shortened my steering shaft AND dropped it down a little. I chopped my cab so I had to put the bench seat on the floor. I removed the gas tank so I could put the seat as far back as possible. I am 6'1" and 210 and I looked like an ol' grandma with the steering wheel too close and too high. Lowered cab means lowered seat which means lowered and shortened steering column. I love the factory steering wheel. I like the strap on tach cuz thats the way I did it in high school. My tranny then was a T-5 5 speed. Now I roll with a Tremec TKO600 5 speed. __________________ Mine is chopped, has a clutch, and a big block.