When a Saginaw steering column of this era is damaged from someone stealing the car, the potmetal cast lower bowl is usually what is destroyed. The upper bowl which contains the lock assembly on a 69+ GM column can also often be damaged. For near two decades I sourced Saginaw tilts & hard to find floor shift column cores & core parts.
The upper "bowl" is functionally the same on most '69 to late '70's GM tilts.
There are exceptions like the mid seventies upper line Pontiac A-body tilt upper bowl which has the supplemental thin plastic cover that bulges out the LH side with turn signal lever.
on the '69+ early upper bowls, they were cast of pot metal, the later usages of this style upper "bowl" is made out of a hard plastic. There are a few variations with only minute appearance issues between them..
Other early steering column terminology:
Early straight columns consisted of a lower bowl & an upper "cover".
There are MANY different versions of lower bowls & upper "covers". Saginaw manufactured columns for not just GM, but other manufacturer's vehicles.
the term "hub" is typically used for the cast part that bolts to a specific to a certain style optional steeing wheel & is tightened to the upper shaft of the steering column.
Some examples:
-Late '69- 81 Formula style wheel, all had the finely textured tall hub.
-Buick GS 3 spokes/Chevelle/ '69 Camaro 3 spokes/Chevelle/C3 Corvette, etc
-SuperStock Olds style Sport wheels
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Last edited by 'ol Pinion head; 10-02-2022 at 12:15 PM.
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