I think someone else on this site mentioned welding the bracket on as opposed to cutting hole in the frame.

  

Well we did some work on this last night. The granada gear box is not going to work (easily) so we are going to stick with the factory box unfortunately. In order to make the granada box fit where it should and everything line up, it would require notching the frame AND likely modifying the pitman arm. The granada box is fatter and shorter, and although it could be made to work, with my engine and everything in, I am not going down that road at this point.

So at this point we have the factory box and column off and will soon be installing the granada linkage and putting back on the 56 gear box. Gonna be a few days before I can get back to it so stay tuned.

CT, Could I ask a favor of you? While you have the steering column out, could you measure the length for me. I LeCarra wheel in my '55 Ranch feels like it's 'In My Face'. I know the '56 is shorter, just need to know how much and to determine if it's feasible to switch out.

Thanks.

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

I can do that, maybe not for a few days though. I am swapping columns and I cut the steering shaft off last night so my friend could take it home with him to work on the next move with the universal column and rag joint. So I will need to get the 2 shaft pieces back at the same place to measure it. Now the outer tube wasn't altered and I could place that back on and measure that if it would help, otherwise I might be able to get the 2 pieces together over the weekend sometime and see what it is.

This would be good for me to know as well. On my original '55 column the distance from the column support bracket (not the trim plate) to the top lip of the bell is 10 5/8". I don't have the seats in yet so I would like to know a ball park distance for future reference.

Mark

1956 Mercury M100
1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan
Delta, British Columbia

How much thread is sticking out at the top column bolt? Reason I asked is mine was too short in the thread department but I discovered that you can loosen the underdash clamp and the on at the end of the column under the hood. Then the outer column will move slightly up and down. Mine was too far up. I gained about 1/2" of threads by doing this. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

How much thread is sticking out at the top column bolt? Reason I asked is mine was too short in the thread department but I discovered that you can loosen the underdash clamp and the on at the end of the column under the hood. Then the outer column will move slightly up and down. Mine was too far up. I gained about 1/2" of threads by doing this. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Haha, still didn't get the memo about multiple posts


Lawrenceville, GA

Not surprising to see multiple dulicate posts.Its VERY slow to upload and you think maybe "I didn't hit the button hard enough".Its easy enough to delete the duplicate.I had a bad flashback on Thursday when I logged on and only got those weird messages we used to get about "site not available" etc.

  

I asked this earlier in this posting.What are you using for pump mounting brackets?Is there any other pulley that can be used on the damper to run the P/S pump besides an original Ford pulley which seem to sell for a good dollar on Ebay when they are listed.