Anyone ever seen this steering column in a 1971 B body before?

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I was reading this ad for a 71 Plymouth GTX that is on here for sale. Can't say that I have ever seen this steering column in a 71 B body car before. It looks like it came from a C body,or another manufacturer. Maybe it was some oddball option almost no one ordered?

 

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It looks like the rare standard tilt column/wheel option to me.

 

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Yes, it is the first time the option was available

 

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chargervert said:

I was reading this ad for a 71 Plymouth GTX that is on here for sale. Can't say that I have ever seen this steering column in a 71 B body car before. It looks like it came from a C body,or another manufacturer. Maybe it was some oddball option almost no one ordered?

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The pictured steering wheel is for the optional tilt steering. You can see the tilt lever above the turn signal stalk. The tilt columns were built by the Saginaw division of General Motors for Chrysler.

From the 1971 Plymouth sales data book:

 

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Rare option. I would have to remove it though, I just hate the way it looks.

 

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Runcharger said:

Rare option. I would have to remove it though, I just hate the way it looks.

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The feature is good, the steering wheel is fugly.

 

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Car has PW, too.

Yep factory (gm sourced) tilt column.

I agree- cool option, poor aesthetics of both wheel and column indicator.

Also- only available with column shift.

 

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Very cool, I would have to modify it to a floor shift column myself. The shift indicator looks like a stuck on afterthought.

 

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Yeah: I think the cool guys find a column out of a later Cordoba etc. and fit them. The shift quadrant and fugly wheel are what bother me as well.