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I’ve been thinking that the rubber grips on my turn signal stalk and tilt wheel lever where just about the ugliest things on my roadster, so after work today I fired up the lathe and came up with something more pleasing to the eye. Just cosmetic, I realize, but certainly more satisfying.
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Nice knobs. (I got slapped for saying that once)
What is the tilt column out of?Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
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Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
The column is out of a Chevette. A previous owner had shortened the signal stalk and bent it away from the steering wheel, so every time you signaled a left turn the stalk twisted counterclockwise and and on went the wipers.
The engine is a Ford 2.3, so this car was apparently the original hybrid.
I felt the same way about that fat Chevette column. I tossed it and made a simple one.
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Is that the Chevette Column stripped of all the plastic, or did you install a completely new one?
TomTom Vilardi
BCW Model 52
South Orange NJI did the same with my column. I put the switches on the dash and used a chrome steering shaft.
I took the Chevette shell and pulled it off the shaft. Then made a tube out of steel to hold the shaft.
I moved all the switches to the dash.
I’ve been looking for a brass acorn nut to dress up the wheel adapter but it’s still on the ‘to do list’.
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