[Tday]

OK, here's where I am in the process. Thanks for all the tips. It's really helped out a lot. Since the tires are balanced and smooth on the highway, I focused on general loose fit/finish items first.

I tightened allen screws or nuts on the windshield, seat runners, and doors. Also adjusted the hood latches since there was some play there too (that made a huge difference to have them pull the hood snug to the rubber bumpers. Put some electrical tape (for now) on the door latch posts. (any suggestions?) Pulled the wheels and checked the shocks and coil over springs...set the fronts at about 2 1/4 inches from bottom of threads. Tightened the pretensioning on the rack so there isn't any back/forth steering play.

Man, what a difference. Like night and day. I have the 12mm coil over springs in the front which seem pretty good for street driving now that the car isn't shaking.

I see that I have up/down play in the steering column---the column doesn't move, but the shaft moves up/down within the column. I'm told that requires replacing the column bearings which apparently have a plastic bearing race.

A few questions: What is the part no/mfg for the two bearings and where might I get them?

Does the column pull out if you take out the cross screws just above the top u-joint, take off the tops to the bottom 2 supports, loosen the two set screws to the top support, and loosen the u-bolt under the dash?

Are the bearings visible and easy to pull from the column?

Thanks, Tom