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Lance,

Dave is right. You are on the money and are on the right track. Removal of the entire column in not too difficult and has some other advantages. Yes you remove the grill and radiator. I used this opportunity to clean and polish the grill, flush and repaint the radiator and air shroud, replace the firewall (inside and out) column grommets. This also will give you room to properly inspect and tighten the shock tower mount and bolts. While your at it the trafficator since it is out can be inspected and rebuilt. You will find that once the radiator is out and the column loose it will come out with a bit of manevoring and a rotation as per Daves earlier description. Good luck. By the way the column looks great with a fresh coat of paint after all the work.

Tracy
 
Tracy,
From the recent pics I saw, you have really put a lot of work into the car. It's looking very nice. Lot of nice detailing underneath.

On the steering column, I got tired of the paint getting constantly dinged, soaked by fuel spills etc. I got a length of 1.5" shrink tubing & covered the entire column. It looks like semigloss black paint & is nearly destruction proof.
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Good thinking Dave. I used to literally have rolls and rolls of hundreds of feet of the big heat shrink. I finally tossed it when I moved from Boise to Tokyo. I tossed alot of stuff there in Boise since it was more expensive to ship the repurchase. By the way when I lived in Boise on Lassen St just off of Hill Road there was a fella two doors down with a metal building in his back yard (4x the sq/ft of his little house) with about 30 LBCs. One day I asked about buying one and he replied that his wife once said "Either the cars go, or I go!". He then said "When I die my kids will have a great time selling them off". Needless to say he was single when I met him. Talk about standing firm on priorities. Is that fella still around?

I just reinstalled the under dash steering brace and discovered I lost the adjustable steering column dunst brace grommett dealie, dang! Another 10$ to Moss.

Still need to do the syncros and then I should be set for the summer's fun especially Tahoe. Brian did you make yer reservations? If so we should caravan.... Ya! BTW you owe me a round
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No Tahoe this year. I have to be in St. Louis that weekend. Also, I'm not sure Linda would be too keen on another weekend with car people. We've been doing this stuff for a dozen years with Woodie club folks, and Triumph folks. I think a break is due.

She calls the shots on this. It's her car. (The Plymouth Woodie is my car).

Brian.
 
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when I met him. Talk about standing firm on priorities. Is that fella still around?
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Yes - he is still around. Still single also. Name is Pete R. We've been friends since high school. A new house was built on the front part of the site & his daughter lives in it. The "shop" is still completely filled with stuff. Hard to believe his kids will have fun, but he sure is. The shop has a walk in upper level with two or three small light bulbs & hundreds of boxes of "stuff". He is very active in our local "Idaho British Car Club" & we have a lot of fun touring & such.
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