Question: '63 chevy p/u powersteering

[plan9]

im swapping out a manual steering unit for powesteering, does anyone know what yr powersteering can be swapped onto a 1963 chevy p/u? the steering unit is hooked up to the outside part of the frame rail, was noticing at the junkyard some early/mid 70s p/u's are in the same gerneral area.. didnt bring a measuring tape. any info is appreciated http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

thanks

[ELpolacko]

easiest thing to do is buy a conversion kit from one of the Chev truck suppliers out there, then you will need a power steering gear from a 1973-1987 Chevy truck.


By the way, the entire front end from one of those trucks can be swapped in and give you cheaper drop components and disc brakes!

[SamIyam]

ElPolacko is correct... he's been advising me on the '65 Chevy I've been working on and I did end up with the underpinning out of a '78 Chevy pickup... better A-arms, etc... I also moved my front crossmember forward 1" to get rid of that tire hugging the rear part of the wheelwell problem that all these trucks have... I also bought the bracket that ElP is talking about... I bought mine from Brother's truck parts and it was about $60... I think... and then you use the '73-'87 power steering box... the only thing that I saw that I'd have to do is dimple the frame a tad... as they did not have it spaced out enough... the other thing that I noticed was that it does move the box outward a little more that stock... so I'm wondering what that does to the centering of the pitman arm and sector... ElP... do you have any experience with this??
Sam.

[plan9]

sam, El P... thanks a ton for the information http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

the truck actually belongs to my friends brother-in-law who was getting reamed by a shop. i have yet to ID the suspension but i do know the shop had swapped in a mid to late 70s disc brake/control arm assembly, i think they are the same throughout the 70s? the powersteering unit mounts inside the rail, id rather not have to box a section just to mount it.

thanks again guys