Gear, if I can call you that :), you may still have a problem. The "spring wrap" doesn't do the same thing as the suspension bottoming out. As you can see by my drawing, it will try to "bend" the steering shaft, not simply compress the slip joint.
Why dont you just use a Vega box? If you use early Ferd style biscuit motor mounts the moter moves very little so you don't need very much room for the steering shaft. They make all different pitman arms and it really is a great way to go.
I have seen racks mounted to I Beams or tube axles. One way used a cable like steering shaft found on early Pintos. You don't see them anymore because, it just doesn't work.
You could put a locator bar so the axle won't roll on the springs (as pictured).
Most of the best fabricators will say, if you don't have a pile of scrap in the corner from failed ideas, you havn't learned anything. Let's talk about that Vega box
By the way, that '33 Plymouth is one of the best looking cars of the era.... beautiful car. [img]
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