Having a blast cab is a must when working with old stuff. At my old job I constantly skipped lunch to blast parts for my dirtbikes I was restoring. Best time to paint too on the bare metal surface before the rust flashes over.
I hope you are enjoying Carl even MORE now that you can more comfortably grip your steering wheel. Again…I enjoy that fact that YOU installed three-point safety harnesses in Carl. All I had in the ‘60s was a lap belt. I’ve only owned cars with steering columns that adjusted for rake only; I’ve never even driven a car with a column that could be adjusted for length. Carl is now adjusted to fit YOU! To me, that makes Carl a even more closely-matched and intimate friend of yours. Enjoy your drives! Aloha!❤
Impressive project as usual. And, I learned something. I did not know there exists special drill sizes for holes that are going to be tapped. I need to find one of those rigs from my drill press, too. Keep up the good work!
I tried messing with my tilt steering column ONCE. Tiny little ball bearings fell out of it....took half a day to figure it out and get it back together. Inexperience! Im glad you had help. Looks like you had a really great day of fun. That's how it should be. Good for you! Thanks for sharing the install. Congratulations Job well done.
Pedal blocks, move the seat back, and then a booster seat so you can see out the windshield. Modern cars with electric seats and adjustable columns are great, except many imports. I have the opposite problem. I'm 6'4'' and the seat goes all the way back, I can't reach the steering wheel comfortably anymore and in some vehicles my head is too high in the ceiling.
Hi from Tasmania I've been working on my dads 1967 xr falcon 500 it's a 6 cylinder with a bench seat just converted it from column auto to 4 speed manual on the floor
hi Ellie, i have a ford falcon too, my car is 1961, i am from venezuela, but i return the next week,i love your channel, yuor fresh stile, and passion are wonderfull, i make many jobs on these, but, i never registred on video, your proyect its a restauration , but the mine ist like a slepper, body work like original, but under the hood, i want put a 5.0 liters fuel inyected, from ford explorer,like than one that you show on one video, i hope can speak more on the future, i respect your labor nice proyect go, go ,go ,go
Excellent video. Although I've swapped out my steering wheel to a smaller racer styled one it did the same job plus I don't have this oversized wheel in front of me. I also took out thr bench seat for racing buckets and at 6 ft. tall I can push the seat far enough to not touch the gas pedal. I definitely like your videos but this is one undertaking thats way above my skill level....plus I don't have any extra steering columns lying around. Heck I'm having a hard enough time finding a 14x4 lug spare rim. 😮😂 Keep up the great work and don't knock a great pair of Chuck Taylors !! 👟
Good question. That is all part of the turn signal switch and wiring. When you buy it, it all comes together in one piece. You can see us install it after we finish painting when we are re-wiring the column. I should put that link in the description as well. I’ll do that. Thank you!
Has it made parallel parking any tougher? The closer the steering wheel is to your chest the more leverage you have on it. OTOH it is much more comfortable and also safer to have it farther away from you.
Always enjoy your videos. Question: what was the tool you attached to the glass jar to spray the column. I’ve got a small project that I will need to get paint matched and don’t have a compressor
We should probably make a short video about that. We shot it, but we didn't put it in the episode. We got ours from our local paint shop but they are on Amazon as well: a.co/d/74NYXCb It worked really well for small projects and was SOOO much cheaper than getting a 2 oz rattle can mixed up. It sprays in a tighter pattern than a rattle can so spray a little farther away and don't go too slow when you're spraying it. Good luck with your project!
Those Preval sprayers work pretty well,first time I used one was painting on a cousins Chevy LUV pickup in the early eighties,my paint job was better than my amateur body work 😂
Good Day, could you please post where you purchased the lower steering column bearing? I plan the same rebuild, but cannot find this part over here in Germany. Thanks Christian
No problem, Christian. The link is down in the description, but here it is as well: drbfab.com/collections/ford/products/all-metal-lower-steering-column-bearing-73-79-ford-trucks-and-76-79-broncos
We should probably make a short video about that. We shot it, but we didn't put it in the episode. We got ours from our local paint shop but they are on Amazon as well: a.co/d/74NYXCb It worked really well for small projects and was SOOO much cheaper than getting a 2 oz rattle can mixed up. It sprays in a tighter pattern than a rattle can so spray a little farther away and don't go too slow when you're spraying it. Good luck with your project!
Done! Here's the link to their site. You can get it straight from them but we bought it from them on ebay: drbfab.com/collections/ford/products/all-metal-lower-steering-column-bearing-73-79-ford-trucks-and-76-79-broncos
Good question. I'm not sure about the shifter arm, but that classic steering wheel is one of my favorite things and I REALLY didn't want to change it out if it was at all possible.
That looked like a lot of work. Why couldn't you just cut the original steering shaft and the steering column down the distant that you wanted? I realize that the steering shaft has special ends on them, but just cut in the middle, remove the amount you want, and weld them up again.
Wow that seems to be an awful amount of work just to get one inch when you simply could have just put a one inch spacer on your gas and break pedal to bring you out an inch away from the whell geesh
That drawer full of vise-grips was impressive. Ellie needs to visit Derek and build a Falcon burnout car for Holley!
Girl!!! I am 46 years old and I think you rock for doing all this resto with your pops. Right on!!!
Wow! That column turned out awesome Ellie. You can definitely tell Jerry is a pro. 💪
Making lots of friends .
Great job ellie looks awesome !
Man, I missed this when it first came out. As always very comprehensive and very informative. Great job guys!
Very great Job and a very nice Video ❤️👍
Awesome Ellie, what a great guy Jerry is to help out 👍‼️
Having a blast cab is a must when working with old stuff. At my old job I constantly skipped lunch to blast parts for my dirtbikes I was restoring. Best time to paint too on the bare metal surface before the rust flashes over.
very interesting episode guys !
Wow! Nice Job!
Great stuff y'all! Thanks!
Thanks for this video, Ellie. I’m building a 1948 Ford Anglia that has “trafficators” and the controls are in the center of horn
I hope you are enjoying Carl even MORE now that you can more comfortably grip your steering wheel. Again…I enjoy that fact that YOU installed three-point safety harnesses in Carl. All I had in the ‘60s was a lap belt. I’ve only owned cars with steering columns that adjusted for rake only; I’ve never even driven a car with a column that could be adjusted for length. Carl is now adjusted to fit YOU! To me, that makes Carl a even more closely-matched and intimate friend of yours. Enjoy your drives! Aloha!❤
Awesome job Ellie you and Carl have come a long way it's turning out beautifully, can't wait to see what next . 👍
Great job, I'm glad I waited to the end to comment and you got to get rid of the old column shift arm.
Ha! Yes! I was really surprised with how good it looked without the column shift. (Spoiler alert--we're putting in a floor shift in the next episode)
That was quite a project. Looks great. Now I'm thinking about doing that to my 65 Mustang. You are amazing.
Just add a one in spacer to your gas and brake pedal its the same outcome but way less work and saved tons of money you're welcome
Impressive project as usual. And, I learned something. I did not know there exists special drill sizes for holes that are going to be tapped. I need to find one of those rigs from my drill press, too. Keep up the good work!
I tried messing with my tilt steering column ONCE. Tiny little ball bearings fell out of it....took half a day to figure it out and get it back together. Inexperience! Im glad you had help. Looks like you had a really great day of fun. That's how it should be. Good for you! Thanks for sharing the install. Congratulations Job well done.
Very nice work ya'll, great tips as well. Thanks for the video.
Beautiful job 👏
Pedal blocks, move the seat back, and then a booster seat so you can see out the windshield. Modern cars with electric seats and adjustable columns are great, except many imports. I have the opposite problem. I'm 6'4'' and the seat goes all the way back, I can't reach the steering wheel comfortably anymore and in some vehicles my head is too high in the ceiling.
Great job Ellie. I want to do a similar mod to mt 64 and will definitely touch base with Jerry.
Hi from Tasmania I've been working on my dads 1967 xr falcon 500 it's a 6 cylinder with a bench seat just converted it from column auto to 4 speed manual on the floor
hi Ellie, i have a ford falcon too, my car is 1961, i am from venezuela, but i return the next week,i love your channel, yuor fresh stile, and passion are wonderfull, i make many jobs on these, but, i never registred on video, your proyect its a restauration , but the mine ist like a slepper, body work like original, but under the hood, i want put a 5.0 liters fuel inyected, from ford explorer,like than one that you show on one video, i hope can speak more on the future, i respect your labor nice proyect go, go ,go ,go
Awesome as always. I do need to stop watching you, each episode adds on more work from Ideas you share. .🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You can also look up torque specs by bolt diameter and thread pitch and hardness, but tight usually works for old cat stuff like this too. Lol
Excellent video. Although I've swapped out my steering wheel to a smaller racer styled one it did the same job plus I don't have this oversized wheel in front of me. I also took out thr bench seat for racing buckets and at 6 ft. tall I can push the seat far enough to not touch the gas pedal.
I definitely like your videos but this is one undertaking thats way above my skill level....plus I don't have any extra steering columns lying around. Heck I'm having a hard enough time finding a 14x4 lug spare rim. 😮😂
Keep up the great work and don't knock a great pair of Chuck Taylors !! 👟
How did you fix the plastic turn signal parts that fell out when you removed the steering wheel?
Good question. That is all part of the turn signal switch and wiring. When you buy it, it all comes together in one piece. You can see us install it after we finish painting when we are re-wiring the column. I should put that link in the description as well. I’ll do that. Thank you!
Has it made parallel parking any tougher? The closer the steering wheel is to your chest the more leverage you have on it. OTOH it is much more comfortable and also safer to have it farther away from you.
Always enjoy your videos. Question: what was the tool you attached to the glass jar to spray the column. I’ve got a small project that I will need to get paint matched and don’t have a compressor
We should probably make a short video about that. We shot it, but we didn't put it in the episode. We got ours from our local paint shop but they are on Amazon as well:
a.co/d/74NYXCb
It worked really well for small projects and was SOOO much cheaper than getting a 2 oz rattle can mixed up.
It sprays in a tighter pattern than a rattle can so spray a little farther away and don't go too slow when you're spraying it.
Good luck with your project!
Those Preval sprayers work pretty well,first time I used one was painting on a cousins Chevy LUV pickup in the early eighties,my paint job was better than my amateur body work 😂
What sort of wizardry were you using to rattle can the final color on the column? Did you make your own rattle can thingy?
Do a search for Preval sprayer. There are probably other brands but that is the most common one and will get you headed down the correct path.
Good Day, could you please post where you purchased the lower steering column bearing? I plan the same rebuild, but cannot find this part over here in Germany.
Thanks Christian
No problem, Christian. The link is down in the description, but here it is as well:
drbfab.com/collections/ford/products/all-metal-lower-steering-column-bearing-73-79-ford-trucks-and-76-79-broncos
Thank you very mich.
I would of had the mounting support steering column plate welded to the steering column
Where do you get one of those “mix your own rattle can” things?
We should probably make a short video about that. We shot it, but we didn't put it in the episode. We got ours from our local paint shop but they are on Amazon as well:
a.co/d/74NYXCb
It worked really well for small projects and was SOOO much cheaper than getting a 2 oz rattle can mixed up.
It sprays in a tighter pattern than a rattle can so spray a little farther away and don't go too slow when you're spraying it.
Good luck with your project!
what is the bearing information part number brand?
Ah! We forgot to add that. Just a second. We'll add it to the description.
Done! Here's the link to their site. You can get it straight from them but we bought it from them on ebay:
drbfab.com/collections/ford/products/all-metal-lower-steering-column-bearing-73-79-ford-trucks-and-76-79-broncos
Who was the lady with the cool Pan Am bag?
Cool project but wouldn't it have been simpler to bend the shifter arm and use a flatter steering wheel?
Good question. I'm not sure about the shifter arm, but that classic steering wheel is one of my favorite things and I REALLY didn't want to change it out if it was at all possible.
If you want to see some great tig welding the watch youtuber Pacific Arc Tig Welding.
As a scientist that used to extensively use a glove box, I completely agree that they are tedious and uncomfortable. Not much fun.
That looked like a lot of work.
Why couldn't you just cut the original steering shaft and the steering column down the distant that you wanted?
I realize that the steering shaft has special ends on them, but just cut in the middle, remove the amount you want, and weld them up again.
Next project: A floor shifter.
Good call. That's our next episode. 😃
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Anyone else have to move their steering wheel all the way down in a new car because they're used to a massive classic steering wheel?
wear gloves.... it will save your hands from ......
Wow that seems to be an awful amount of work just to get one inch when you simply could have just put a one inch spacer on your gas and break pedal to bring you out an inch away from the whell geesh