| Hydraulic Power Assist Steering in a '52 Ford F-3 I'm using a saginaw steering box and parts from an '89 jeep wrangler along with a narrowed Dana 60 axle. |
| Surfer since Nov 2007 |
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| related links: '52 Ford "Tator" main page Dana 60 axle buildup Ram Assist system buildup 300 Straight-6 |
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| Below: I'm re-using this dana 60 from with steering parts from my Jeep |
| Left: a section of frame from my 89 Jeep that the steering box was originally mounted to. also the original and new spring mount locations can be seen, the longer springs are mount --" forward the stock. Right: another view of the donor frame section that i'm planning to splice into the 52's frame and modify the radiator support front crossmember that also supports the front clip. |
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| original '52 steering system from factory |
| acouple in-work pictures |
| Below: Donor frame section welded in place (90%), still need to re-do crossmember/radiator support. This is intial test fit, but it looks like i me get lucky and have clearance for steering shaft and pitman arm, with not bumpsteer issues. |