yea did on my 67 chevrolet truck. just weld the front and rear selectors together so they work as one. you won't have a lockout or whatever in park like a real auto column but mines worked fine.
Had my 55 Cad powered 48 Plymouth that way. it is very simple. down side on mine, only I knew the shift pattern. I didn't have a neutral safety swich so it could start in gear. that caused several people to shit their pants! my early Hydro shared park and reverse
The lack of a neutral safety switch might be reason enough to reconsider this, especially when there's people and other cars near yours. Like at car show or cruise-in.
It worked for me, I used a 1940 3 speed column. Then only used one of the selector's at the end. I used a aftermarket netural safety switch at the trans. I like it because it keeps the column small & with the original look.
Yep you could adapt a neutral safety switch to it easy enough. It would have to be on the outside of the firewall though. Another option might be to adapt an automatic column out of a 67/72 Chev pickup to your truck by cutting off the stock tube (not the shaft an slipping the column tube down over the shaft. I haven't tried that yet but am thinking about it for one of the trucks I have going together.
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