RJZ, good suggestion about pounding another socket on. My crappy old 12point sockets are probably somewhat to blame in the first place, I should go find a 6pointer in the size and knock it on. I will gladly toss it afterwards, they aren't too hard to come by.
Another part in, and another problem. I got a set of controls off a 78 super sport, but they are totally different than the ones on a 75, with more complex wiring (it seems) and on the clutch side, the 75 has a perch built into the control, while the 78 has independent controls.
I was planning on eventually going with all custom stuff anyway and dramatically simplifying whats going on up around my hands. I think I may now just bite the bullet- new shorty levers, a new left side light/horn switch and no start button, but the car-turn-style ignition i referenced before. On a scale of 1-10, or Me-Someone Competent, how hard would that be? Eventually I wanted to go with all new controls, levers, lights, etc, so I might just have to pull the wiring harness and do it all now. Whaddya think?