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| | | Forums66 Topics128,038 Posts1,055,584 Members48,426 | | Most Online14,466 Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down with Ads! Again, thanks! | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 | Change the steering rack to left hand; It's a HUGE hassle to convert an American 59 Chevy pickup to right hand. All pedals must be moved. a new steering column to dash drop fabricated with firewall bracing, glove box deleted and new gauge panel fabricated, and on forever. I don't know the year of your XJ12 but new/rebuilt r&p units can be bought for $250 on ebay. You can keep your steering column by cutting the tube and shaft just above the steering box, trim just the tube back a couple inches and grind flats on the shaft to accept a DD U-joint. You can tack the low/reverse selector inside the factory shifter box and use either a bearing or an oilite bushing in the bottom of the steering column to center shaft and an fabricated anchor of column to floor. We have done a half dozen Jag suspension to AD and TF Pickups using both the early inboard disc brakes or the later outboard ones. If you have the early inboard unit you can use the entire Jag factory cradle in your 59 by just bending the lower frame flange down just a bit. Picture of Jag IRS with cradle in a 55 and also have pics of the not so pretty outboard unit in an AD. Have photos of most every step if you get stuck. Last picture shows stance of finished truck with Jaguar suspension. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/yk3VJDdM/Chuck-s-55-007.jpg[/img][img]https://i.postimg.cc/yWwMbv1G/Chuck-s-55-006.jpg[/img]
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