Custom Steering Column / Neutral Safety Switch

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Custom Steering Column / Neutral Safety Switch

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Wasn't sure if this should be posted in Interiors or Electrical....

I want to do an aftermarket column, chrome, tilt, etc. The automatic column shift columns with neutral safety switches are easily $700 - $800; which is a good bit more than I want to spend, especially since that doesn't even include the steering wheel.

Summit has an auto column shift column for $300, but it does not include the neutral safety switch. Does anyone have suggestions on a differetn / custom NSS application I could pair with this column? I do not want to just bypass the NSS altogether, I want to maintain it's purpose.

Here is the column I was looking at:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-7 ... plications

P.S. I'm in the middle of the crown vic IFS swap, so I don't need a column with a rag joint setup

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Re: Custom Steering Column / Neutral Safety Switch

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What Transmission are you going to use. Some transmissions like the AOD have a switch on them.
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Re: Custom Steering Column / Neutral Safety Switch

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C4 transmission
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1970 F100 "Marvin 2" - Crown Vic IFS, 302, C4 (work in progress)
1970 F250 "Leonard" - 302, C6 (project in waiting)
1971 F100 "Walt" - 302, 3-speed on the column (Sunday driver)
2004 Mustang GT "Horse With No Name" - 4.6L, 5 speed (Retired daily driver / Friday driver)
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Re: Custom Steering Column / Neutral Safety Switch

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I posted the same question in the Electrical section and got some good feedback over there. Looks like Ford ran a transmission mounted NSS on some of the passenger car C4 and C6 transmissions...should be able to use one of those.

Thanks guys!
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1970 F100 "Marvin 2" - Crown Vic IFS, 302, C4 (work in progress)
1970 F250 "Leonard" - 302, C6 (project in waiting)
1971 F100 "Walt" - 302, 3-speed on the column (Sunday driver)
2004 Mustang GT "Horse With No Name" - 4.6L, 5 speed (Retired daily driver / Friday driver)
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