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Title: 1957 technology meets 2014 technology
Post by: Limey57 on 2014-02-08 14:40
I know the traditionalists like to rely on illegible hand written notes to figure out a problem, but sometimes you just gotta embrace todays technology and your favourite site to figure something out!

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Title: Re: 1957 technology meets 2014 technology
Post by: hiball3985 on 2014-02-08 18:47
That's know as cheating  :003: And remember, just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true..
Title: Re: 1957 technology meets 2014 technology
Post by: Ecode70D on 2014-02-08 19:34
I'm missing something here.  What's going on?
Title: Re: 1957 technology meets 2014 technology
Post by: Frankenstein57 on 2014-02-08 20:55
If I had to guess I'd say Gary was out in his shop, admiring his progress on the ranchero, and felt the need to post what was on his mind. Looks good Gary!        Mark
Title: Re: 1957 technology meets 2014 technology
Post by: Ecode70D on 2014-02-08 21:07
Now I notice what Gary has on his computer.
Title: Re: 1957 technology meets 2014 technology
Post by: JPotter57 on 2014-02-08 23:24
And that is the gospel truth....I love this photo
Title: Re: 1957 technology meets 2014 technology
Post by: Limey57 on 2014-02-09 02:52
I was trying to figure out how to sort the brackets needed when using a Wurth steering rack conversion and was using all the photos in the steering section for reference while trying to figure it out.

Invaluable.
Title: Re: 1957 technology meets 2014 technology
Post by: gasman826 on 2014-02-09 08:58
There was a magazine article featuring the installation of a WurthIt system in a '57-'64.  I GOOGLED it but found nothing.  If you are stuck, I'll research my archives for the hardcopy.
Title: Re: 1957 technology meets 2014 technology
Post by: Limey57 on 2014-02-09 09:27
Quote from: gasman826 on 2014-02-09 08:58
There was a magazine article featuring the installation of a WurthIt system in a '57-'64.  I GOOGLED it but found nothing.  If you are stuck, I'll research my archives for the hardcopy.

Thanks, but I THINK I'm okay now.  I trawled through the articles in the steering section on here and found plenty of photos that pointed me in the right direction.  The problems were trying to mount the lower end of the steering column in the right position to allow everything to work without any joints binding.
Title: Re: 1957 technology meets 2014 technology
Post by: gasman826 on 2014-02-09 14:52
it's a tight turn.  Keeping the upper joint close to the firewall helps.
Title: Re: 1957 technology meets 2014 technology
Post by: Limey57 on 2014-02-09 15:07
Quote from: gasman826 on 2014-02-09 14:52
it's a tight turn.  Keeping the upper joint close to the firewall helps.

I noticed it all looks better on installations where an after-market column is used, because I'm staying with the stock one and it's shifter mechanism it ends up being longer than it needs to be.  Today I picked up some steel to fabricate the lower mount to hold the bottom of the column to the firewall, but I'm in France on business from tomorrow until Thursday so I've got to wait a few days before I can finish it off and see if it works.