[blucar]

eagle43.. If i have read your tread correctly, your '52 had a floor shift and you are converting to a column shift OD trans.
Many years ago I restored a '37 Ford 1/2 ton.. I used a '47-48 Columbia rear end with a column shift trans. I harvested a steering column out of a 58-59 F100, column shift, shortened it up a bit and installed it on the '37 steering gear box. Very easy installation.
One of the advantages of using the '58-59 Ford F100 column was the built-in turn signal switch. I did have to use the later model steering wheel, which I don't recall if it was a '58 or was it earlier?
I think I have a couple 58-59 F100 columns in my parts stash.