Identify a 16:1 manual steering box

[sledger46]

Hello all,

I will soon be making a trek to the salvage yard to look for a 16:1 ratio manual steering box to fit a 67 Dart. Is there an easy way to visually tell a 16:1 box from the standard 26:1 box? If I can turn the box I should be able to see the 3 turns lock to lock versus 5 turns lock to lock. Are there any other clues for spotting the 16:1 box

Thanks

 

[AndyF]

No visual clues, the boxes look identical. I doubt you'll ever find one in a wrecking yard. You would need a wrecking yard with 1000 A body cars in it to even find one 16:1 box. They just weren't very popular. There might be a code on the fender tag for the fast ratio box but I don't know what it is.