73 auto column gear indicator on a 74 column and up???need help

[BlazinCopper]

Has anyone used a 73 auto column gear indicator on a 74 column and up???

 

[BajaFresh75]

I don't know if it will fit. The 74-77's are easier to obtain, or do you want a 73 look??

 

[BlazinCopper]

Yes. I just want the indicator showing with no housing around it. The 73 has a wider base and I think it will take up some of the area where the housing indention would is. I polished the upper column and do not want a black housing showing.

 

[Broncobowsher]

I had a '73 column and remember it being very different then the '74 and up. The '73 Bronco column was a one year only (actually two half years as there was a mid year change to a bearing). But look for other early 70's or late 60's fords for parts.

I needed a shift collor with the shark fin pointer for the '73. What they sell is the '74 and up and pointer which works to a degree. I cut the fin off the '73 and grafted it onto the repop collar. So there is a degree of interchangability in the shift collars.

But the window and hood look very different. I don't see a way to cleanly convert that.

 

[Rustytruck]

Is the shift indicator lit with the headlight on in the 1973?

 

[half cab]

Is the shift indicator lit with the headlight on in the 1973?

Don't believe the '73 shift indicator lights up.

 

[Teal68]

Is the shift indicator lit with the headlight on in the 1973?

Definitely not.

 

[Broncobowsher]

Zero provision to light up the '73.
That was the big upgrade for '74, adding a light bulb. Which required adding the hood, changing the pointer, changing the plastic window with the gear positions on it, and all the other little changes that happened to the auto column in '74

More functional (illuminated) but not nearly as good looking as the '73. Lost style points.

 

[Viperwolf1]

I bet you could swap the column parts from a '60s to early '70s truck or van auto column. I believe those had a similar look to the '73 column.

 

[Brent13]

The illumination on my 74 is horrible, replaced the entire indicator assembly. Also new turn signal switch which contains the bulb, still no light!

 

[BlazinCopper]

I ordered a 73 indicator, so I'll let you know how it goes. I defiinetly would rather have the 73 look

 

[Broncobowsher]

By indicator, are you talking the plastic window with the letters on it or the little stick that lines up with the letters?

 

[BlazinCopper]

By indicator, are you talking the plastic window with the letters on it or the little stick that lines up with the letters?

.......Yes......

 

[Bad137]

Bump.

Blazincopper, Any update if it worked?