Wanted: Tilt steering column

[Mark L]

If possible, I'd like to swap out the straight steering column in my 1963 Avanti for a tilt column from a 1964 or Avanti II (whatever would be as close to a direct swap as possible).

Edited June 18 by Mark L
Removed reference to automatic transmission

[Dwight FitzSimons]

All Avantis have a floor shifter, so a steering column for an automatic car would be the same as one for a manual transmission car.

--Dwight

[Mark L]

Yes, that's correct. I drove my Lark with an automatic shifter on the column much more than I did my Avanti before I sold the Lark last week. I wasn't thinking. Thanks for the reminder.

Edited June 18 by Mark L

[Mark L]

Now that I've had an opportunity to do more research on this topic in both this Forum and at the Studebaker Drivers Club Forum, I've decided it will be better if I first find someone with a late 64 Avanti or early Avanti II with the tilt option who will allow me to sit in the driver's seat of his or her car and see for myself if it gives me the improved access to the driver's seat that I want, before I go to all the labor and expense to make the swap.

[mfg]

Tough item to find!