ccx steering column

[767Jockey]

Originally Posted by ccx1984

Doug did you remove your crowl support when you repainted your car. i decided to rewire and removed dash and wiring, i found that the carpet was really tight between the body and upright tubing, i would like to remove the support and remove the excess metal off the door hinge and dress up the brackets. i noticed that you filled in the hole for the steering column, how did you handle the hole, mine just looks ulgy. and last did you install that aluminum firewall and how hard was it to install.

I didn't remove the cowl support, I left it in. I filled the hole for the steering column because mine was a mess just like yours, I made it neat with a complete fill, and I am having Nick Acton (Mickmate) make me an original type gas pedal assembly that will incorporate the top corner of the footbox. Kinda hard to explain, the top corner of the footbox will be metal and will incorporate the outlet for the steering column as well as the gas pedal assembly. Nick, if you see this maybe you can jump in with a better explanation and maybe a picture? As far as the firewall, I was given a copy of a template for one, Nick cut it out and I put the bend in it with Nick at a local sheetmetal shop owned by a friend. Installing it was a snap, just drilled some holes around the perimeter out of sight and riveted it to the fiberglass.