Installing the Steering
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This is a polished aluminum steering box by Mullins.
It has all new innards and looks amazing. Basically,
we just installed the Pitman arm, moved the box
forward and backward until the drag link was parallel
with the tie rod, then moved it up until the top
of the upper tab was about flush with the top
of the rail. We marked the hole, and then carefully
lowered the box out of the way. I was holding
it in position with one hand over my head in an
awkward manner for about 5 minutes while Cam was
moving it around. Try doing that with a cast box!
Parts shown:
Steering box bracket: WS2072, Welder Series (after welding)
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Get the Car at Ride
Height |
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| Before you set up the box, make sure to get the
car sitting where it's going to be driving down the
road. If you set the steering up when the frame's
not sitting as low as it should be, the geometry
won't be as good as it could be. Notice the driver's
side motor mount is missing a gusset - we're waiting
until we know exactly where the steering box is going
to be before we install the gusset, in case any trimming
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Fitting the Doors |
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| Gary Thomson said
he'd fit our doors if we let him _______ . It's
a surprise... Here he is laying out with masking
tape where he wants to grind back to.
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Steering Column Center |
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| Yes I said "center",
not "centre". This is a line from the
middle of my dad's nose down to the hole in the
floor where the column will go through. We will
mark this on the masking tape we have on the cowl,
firewall, and windshield frame.
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Drop a plumb line to get the
bottom mark
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