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Got a 66 chev 1/2 and found a 87 suburban will all the upper and lower arm swaps work including booster, master cylinder etc. Also thinking about using the power steering setup. A couple of guys said it would be but i wanted to be more sure than not before i fork out the cash. thanks

My stuff all came from a 1980, get it all,,Brian

Cool, thanks

I sure hope it works, because I have the same combination waiting to install. I tried asking this before but didn't get any reply.

I read somewhere here about someone doing something like it. The issue seems to be the difference in frame widths, with the older being narrower by an inch.

I want to swap as much as possible, steering, booster, plumbing, motor mounts, motor, trans, etc. I was going to cut the frame and swap the whole front. Someone in the education part here has a step by step.

Go ahead and do it, then tell me what to do different : )

Don'c cut the frame, the front crossmember unbolts w/about 14 bolts & the later bolts up, although a couple holes may need reemed. The steering gear bolts up after drilling a coupla holes using a REZ Engineering kit.

My truck already has a 350 in it with a 350 turbo tranny so i for sure don't want to have to repull the engine. More less looking to take the upper/lower controls arms including spindles, rotors etc and move them over to the 66. Also put the brake booster including master cylinder also. I heard it will pretty much bolt up as it was made for it, but by looking at the arms on the suburban they look more massive i haven't had a chance to measure yet. The guy wants me to buy the whole truck but when you live in a subdivision i am sure the home owners association would love that one.

You can support the engine from the top & won't have to pull it out, or you should be able to swap just the arms also.

this guy used the stuff from a '83 suburban in his 1966 c20:

http://www.persh.org/pickup/pickup-beginning.htm

He has several articles on how he did some of it.

He even used the REZ kit that 64Fleetside mentioned:

http://www.persh.org/pickup/steering.htm


Check it out.

Here is a tech article from one of the truck magazines, using the same kit:

Tech Articles

Power Steering Retrofit - Make Your Classic Truck More Driveable
Adding Power Steering

By Bob Carpenter

http://www.customclassictrucks.com/techarticles/60_66_chevy_gmc_power_steering_retrofit/

enjoy,

-W

several vendors sell the kit from REZ, but this is their information:

REZ Engineering - No website yet, call or write - power steering kit.

used trucks to part out(particularly 4x4).

1960 - 1966 Chevy/GMC. -

PO Box 1584 - Great Falls, Montana 59405

Ph. 406-727-9267

Thanks woogeroo and all who posted.