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I have what I believe to be a 1915 steering column for sale.

The 1915 does not have a tube for a horn wire nor the 2 holes for mounting a horn button. It has the steel quadrant that appears to be original to the tube and is in very nice condition. The rivets look original. The gear case is the one piece style and it has what I believe to be an earlier cover. It is all in very nice condition.

I have no idea what it is worth and will listen to any offers.

Early 15 prior or in lieu of mag headlites and horn.

From the Forums Encyclopedia

1915
3500C (T5042). The 1914 column seems to have been used in very early production, with some overlap when both the old and new types appeared at the same time. The new gear case was now one-piece rather than riveted design. Quadrant was pressed steel, painted black, apparently introduced during 1914 production. The gear case was polished bronze, not plated. The cover was much flatter than previous cone-shaped type. Levers were steel with the flattened ends now smaller and somewhat round, and brass-plated (although some black-painted rods seem original).

Factory Blueprints indicate that the new one-piece gear case was approved on September 5, 1914. On September 18, 1914 the steering gear quadrant was redesigned. The new quadrant was made from cold-rolled steel and was to be brass plated. Early types of the steel quadrant were made with the serrated edge folded up, somewhat in the manner of the earlier design. September drawings show the later type (without the fold). There may have been two versions of the earlier design quadrant; one made of brass and the other of steel. Both are shown on the blueprint.

The horn wire tube was adopted on January 29, 1915 but it wasn't until October 8, 1915 that this tube was adopted for all production.

b]1915-1917[/b]
Similar to previous type but small tube added for horn wire. Horn switch mounted on the top surface, just below the steering wheel. The horn bulb, when used, clamped to the column. Quadrant was painted black. Factory blueprint, dated February 26, 1916, indicates that the horn wire was changed from a tube to a steel stamping, welded to the column

NOTE: The brass plating of the rods was only at the top and levers, not the entire length of the rods.

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