Abstract: A steering column support assembly for a motor vehicle, comprises a laterally extending support structure (25), mounting points (32) for affixing opposite ends (28,29,30,31) of the support structure (25) to side portions of a motor vehicle chassis, a fixing point (45) above the laterally extending support structure (25) for affixing the support structure (25) to a front portion of a motor vehicle chassis, and a steering column support bracket (34), the steering column support bracket being supported by the laterally extending support structure (25). The support structure (25) includes a laterally extending first support member (26), and a laterally extending second support member (27). The first support member (26) and the second support member (27) each extend laterally between the mounting points (28,29,30,31). The steering column support bracket (34) braces apart the first support member (26) and the second support member (27).

Abstract: A steering column support assembly for a motor vehicle, comprises a laterally extending support structure (25), mounting points (32) for affixing opposite ends (28,29,30,31) of the support structure (25) to side portions of a motor vehicle chassis, a fixing point (45) above the laterally extending support structure (25) for affixing the support structure (25) to a front portion of a motor vehicle chassis, and a steering column support bracket (34), the steering column support bracket being supported by the laterally extending support structure (25). The support structure (25) includes a laterally extending first support member (26), and a laterally extending second support member (27). The first support member (26) and the second support member (27) each extend laterally between the mounting points (28,29,30,31). The steering column support bracket (34) braces apart the first support member (26) and the second support member (27).

Abstract: A fastening device 1 for securing an instrument panel 3 to a vehicle body 5 comprising a first striker member 7 for passing through a bore 9 in the instrument panel 3, the first striker member 7 comprising an enlarged head 11, and a nose 13, extending from the head 11 and coupled to the head 11 by a shank 15 having a transverse cross section which is smaller than the transverse cross section of the head 11, the nose 13 having a transverse cross section 17 greater than the transverse cross section of the shank 15 such that a shoulder area 19 is defined, the nose 13 tapering from a region 17 to the nose tip 21, and a second catch member 23 on the vehicle body 5 having a nose receiving housing 27 shaped to receive the nose 13 with a mouth 29 into which the nose 13 may be pushed and a throat region having resilient walls to grip the nose 13 when inserted in the housing 25, the throat 33 and cavity 31 defining a shoulder region 35 which inhibits the removal of the nose 13 from the cavity 31 by the shoulder 19 of t