Panteradoug, I agree with you, it's a lot more fun to study and do it yourself, not to mention it's going to cost me less than $300.
The column mounts exactly as stock on the stock brackets, so there's no reason the steering wheel shouldn't be in the same place.
I won't be sure if there's room for the U-joint until I get it in early March, but "by eye" it's fine.
The relative position of the two U-joints is only important when you want a constant velocity transmission, which is not the case for this application.