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Originally Posted by venpick
that cruiser looks clean. very nice.
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Originally Posted by ToyLet503
Looks good! What steering column are you using? I'm tring to get mine wrapped up, but the steering shaft is hitting the frame on the steering box side of the motor mount.
BTW mine is a 71' Fj40, SBC, saginaw 4.25 box, tilt column from a 1992 chevy truck.
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Originally Posted by Weedhopper
Looks GOOD !!!
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Thanks for the nice comments- I took way longer on this than I should have out of a desire to do it clean, right, and have
something safe! I kept my stock stering shaft- just cut it above the rag joint. I had the u-joint at the shaft connection welded on by a professional- again with keeping safety in mind.
The shaft was a 36" DD with a 1" bottom and 3/4" top. It cleared the motor mount and frame barely- but with some wiggle room.
I would strongly reccomend this shaft and u-joint set up for anyone doing this conversion- it's just superior to a solid shaft set up and the u-joints are trick sealed bearing units.
Now I am planning for the next mod- SOA-high steer.
Tim
