1968 Barracuda Notch 340
Got about 4 hours in yesterday morning. Bullied the Pitman off old box and cleaned it up. I chose the auto zone POS puller designed to fail, added some angle iron, it worked, barely, feet were bending badly. At this stage in the build I really only needed to mock steering column in, yet I went ahead and installed all components save for the column seal. I will be cleaning this car up and rolling it outside for a final stare down before disassembly, steering with a wheel instead of kicking independent tires was the plan. So, the new coupler with the Borgeson box and my column length was right on the money and with everything together, working the steering wheel I could feel and see at the left front rotor how nice and tight everything is, and responsive at 14/1 vs the factory 16/1. Amazing difference. Well worth the time and expense.
Got about 4 hours in yesterday morning. Bullied the Pitman off old box and cleaned it up. I chose the auto zone POS puller designed to fail, added some angle iron, it worked, barely, feet were bending badly. At this stage in the build I really only needed to mock steering column in, yet I went ahead and installed all components save for the column seal. I will be cleaning this car up and rolling it outside for a final stare down before disassembly, steering with a wheel instead of kicking independent tires was the plan. So, the new coupler with the Borgeson box and my column length was right on the money and with everything together, working the steering wheel I could feel and see at the left front rotor how nice and tight everything is, and responsive at 14/1 vs the factory 16/1. Amazing difference. Well worth the time and expense.
