Re: [AMC-List] Two Requests

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx
" 
" Isn't one of those small boxes a bolt in replacement for the early
" manual boxes? I'd think maybe even the pitman interchanges

i believe so, and a major reason for the rodder popularity.

"   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!

yup.  they can also help you with steering ratios, though iirc the
vega box was never offered with anything nearly as fast as the 12:1
available on the bigger boxes.

" ---- 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.
" > 
" > []
" > 
" > 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.
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