Phat,

You right on with the later frames and rear steer, remember early Nova's with V-8 engines. I made several offset drag links to use a real oil pan for these cars. Do you think a late 1-ton chassis would be ok to use, I don't want the thing to beat me to death driving it.

What can you tell me about the right way to fit rack and pinion steering on a front end? The other idea I though of would be to move the steering box and fab linkage to make it work. I am thinking a rod off the Pittman arm with some bearings going to the new gearbox location and another Pittman arm. Keep all the geometry the same just use a bell crank assembly to actuate the steering.


Steve Lemberg

1936 Chevrolet 1 1/2 ton truck
1970 Mercedes 280SE 3.5 coupe
1987 Mercedes 560SEC supercharged
1989 Mercedes 300CE 5.0 M119