Isn't one of those small boxes a bolt in replacement for the early manual boxes? I'd think maybe even the pitman interchanges You can get them new and rebuilt from a lot of the rodshops. They can probably even help figure out what may bolt in. I think they now make "spear of death" replacement stuff for the Chevy II's maybe they could help finger it out! I've also gathered info by crossreferencing web pages to see what matches up from car to car.- Mark Price markprice242ATadelphia.net Morgantown, WV ---- Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > " From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> > " > " First I have a friend with a 63 American convertible > " (pink by the way) who wants to install power steering. > " He has the OHV 196 engine but he would like to > " install conventional power steering with a Saginaw > " box, not the "ram type" power steering which I think > " came on these cars. Does anyone know how to do this? > " What parts to look for? He does not do his own work, > " so he will be dropping a pile of parts in the lap of a > " local mechanic to make the switch. > > on all the later cars until the early '70s at least - and i assume on > these also - the setup required the adapter plate to mount the big > saginaw 700 ps gear to the manual-gear bolt pattern on the frame. you > also need a two-piece steering column shaft with a coupling flange, > and of course the ps pump, pulleys, and brackets for the engine. > > this might be an excellent situation to use the smaller saginaw 605 ps > gear from a chevy vega, as it has the manual-box mounting pattern > right off. it's very popular with the '50s chevy rod crowd for this > reason. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Andrew Hay the genius nature > internet rambler is to see what all have seen > adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought > _______________________________________________ > AMC-List mailing list > AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.wps.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > or go to http://www.amc-list.com _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.wps.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com