You have a few options here. You could put on a smaller steering wheel. The stock one is absolutly huge. You could change the column angle by hogging out the dash a little and loosening the steering box bolts, and making it sit higher. If you really want the column to be shorter then you could get one from a willys wagon and swap it in, it is 1" shorter. You could also raise or tilt the seat a bit. I found in my CJ5 that seat position makes all the differance. I am a big guy too; I am 6'2 and 250 lbs. Although I have a small butt. My wife loves that.

Regards,
Josiah
Hillsboro, OR
1955 Willys CJ5 Buick 225 V6 160HP 270ft-lbs, T90 trans, Warn OD, PTO winch, Spicer 18 T Case, RS9000's, Dana 25F/ 44R,
5.38:1 gears, 11" brakes, Bestop Supertop, Hurculiner