Installing Flaming River steering column issues

[scherp69]

Hopefully this is the right place to ask this.

Has anyone installed a Flaming River steering column into their car. I'm trying to mock mine up in my 68 Acadian (Nova) and the install kit they suggest doesn't come close to fitting. I took the stock mount off the stock column and might have to end up using it, but the only way to attach the bracket is to drill holes into the new column and run screws into it. If I knew they would hold that would be great, but that's a chance I'd rather not take. I've emailed Flaming River, but until I hear back from them, I thought I'd try here. I've attached some pics to show what I'm talking about. Any advice would be great. Thanks.

new steering column



bracket that comes with the install kit





the bracket that came with install kit is supposed to fit in here, but it doesn't. As you can see from the next picture, the stock bracket has three holes in it and attaches to a fairly big piece under the dash. It isn't just as easy as taking out the stock bracket under the dash and putting the new one in.



stock steering column with stock bracket



stock bracket off column