Wart/Scott: thanks for the kind words. I hear ya' 2" thick on the console face would be overkill!
Problem is that the teleflex bracket forces you to drill the mounting holes within one bolt diameter of the cutout - there just does not seem to be enough material to support the side to side loads you have on the wheel, especially when it acts like a defacto hand-hold on my leaning-post-less CC. I was not clear in my first post - only the console face is one inch thick, but the backer plate for the steering mounting bracket is thicker. I just didn't think 1/2 inch was enough for the throttle, steering, and grab rails. I wanted to build it up so the bracket is solidly mounted and the three bolts are secure.
Here's a shot of the underside of the console where the steering bolts through -the doughnut is another layer of ply (come to think of it, this about 1.5" thick, total)
The Teleflex bracket fits from the front and bolts through this assembly - washers, locknuts, done. Loose steering drives me up a wall.
Damn, I just want to make the CSC shindig for 2009 at this rate...
