No steering column start?
 

Hey! I just picked up a lapis blue 1994 ranger splash with the 4.0 and an auto trans backed by a 8.8 3.55ls.

ive been thinking of putting my matching color 95 cab on it with my 2.3 and m5r1… only because the splash has No title, i hate the square dash, i hate auto my cab has the memories, i could go on.

anyway i picked this thing up for 300 bucks because it has no steering column, radiator, or MAF. My question is can i get it to crank and idle without a steering column? I only want it to run long enough to make sure its a Good motor compression and valve-train noise wise, so i dont get too deep in fixing it for noting. If so how would i go about doing that??
anything is helpful