I recently fitted power steering on my 55 chevy, and always
struggled with the none power it used to have, so I then
decided to shrink the 18" steering wheel down to a 16",
I also did this to my 58 brookwood last year, I cut the outer
ring off keeping as much of the outer plastic whatever material
the cut through the outer mild steel bar and eased it in to 16"s
then marked and cut off excess bar, welded outer together
made a wooden jig to make sure wheel is central or true
cut excess off the two spokes and welded it up,
so not to much reshaping to do, wheel already had some
age related crackes so fixed them to and repainted, horn
ring still fits where it should and to the untrained eye you
wouldn't even notice the difference, aftermarket steering
wheels for these motors are mega expensive with the puchace
plus shipping,p.s. much easier to drive with the lower rashio box
and smaller wheel.
struggled with the none power it used to have, so I then
decided to shrink the 18" steering wheel down to a 16",
I also did this to my 58 brookwood last year, I cut the outer
ring off keeping as much of the outer plastic whatever material
the cut through the outer mild steel bar and eased it in to 16"s
then marked and cut off excess bar, welded outer together
made a wooden jig to make sure wheel is central or true
cut excess off the two spokes and welded it up,
so not to much reshaping to do, wheel already had some
age related crackes so fixed them to and repainted, horn
ring still fits where it should and to the untrained eye you
wouldn't even notice the difference, aftermarket steering
wheels for these motors are mega expensive with the puchace
plus shipping,p.s. much easier to drive with the lower rashio box
and smaller wheel.