Michael, you could fit the rack in the brackets and offer up putting the column spline drive through the access hole. It may mean the rack is positioned slightly off fron the 126 position. If I remember correctly I had to enlarge the access hole as the angle, going through the floor, for the 126 is different to the 500. I had to cut and shunt the 126 column to keep the 500 stalks and steering wheel.
Ralph