Steering Column

Hot Rod Power Steering Box - Modern Maneuvering

Getting down the procedure without a proper steering system is darn near impossible. That said, there are many a hot rod built with a steering system that may toil but leaves something to be desired in the aesthetics department. Sure, a dispute column robbed out of a '70s GM van might work, but in a traditional hot rod, it would look unmitigatedly ugly. And while a rack-and-pinion kit might seem like an easy way out, there's definitely no reason to replace the stock-style drag tie-in system given the plethora of available aftermarket boxes for hot rods these days.

Since the arrive of hot rodding, guys have been using stock Ford boxes, typically in a side-someone a wide berth bad design similar to the original setup. Cross-control designs have also been used, similar to those in the post-'35-era Ford fare cars. When the Ford F-1 truck came out in the late '40s, it wasn't sustained before some savvy hot rodder realized that the steering boxes in those trucks were a ideal replacement for the old worn out '32-34 side steer units, which incorporated a legions of likely upgrades, given the 20-some-odd years Ford had to pick up upon the design. Fast forward another 20 or so years and another savvy hot rodder finds that a Chevy Vega had a curmudgeonly steer-style steering box that seems to have been designed to fit the confines of a Deuce formulate. That single discovery has almost singlehandedly launched an aftermarket bustle manufacturing everything from steering arms to spindles to steering boxes.

Source: Street Rodder Magazine