I seen this steering collumn that has an electric motor sort of deal that gives you power steering of some sort. Anyone use one of these? They look pricey but my shoulders are getting worse by the day 
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2.3Turbo_T
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I put electric power steering from a Saturn Vue into my '54 Ford Customline. Under $200.....all in! Here's the link.....
https://www.killbillet.com/forum/th...ing-from-a-saturn-vue-into-54-ford-customline
https://www.killbillet.com/forum/th...ing-from-a-saturn-vue-into-54-ford-customline
DozerII
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Yup heard plenty of good things about the electric power steering swap,
Thanks for this info Turbo.... this will save me a bunch of loot. I was looking at new units and they are over 2500.00. That's a great build thread on it. Definitly go this route! Thanks again!
Looks good to me....I'll be hitting the junk yard next week!
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We are running electric power steering in that Econoline van build I'm doing. I haven't got that actually fired up but install was pretty easy and everyone I talk to says they were good
LB did you use a junkyard collumn or did you buy a new unit?
Tutbo....did that collumn have a tilt function that you possibly removed?
05snopro440
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A friend of mine did electric power steering on his 55 Chevy. He had a Chevy tilt column in it, and just cut the bottom of the column to adapt the steering setup. I can't recall, but think maybe he used Kia parts in his.
He said the result was great, but the one thing he said was that he lost a bit of road feel and that took some getting used to. He recommended swapping to electric, though.
He said the result was great, but the one thing he said was that he lost a bit of road feel and that took some getting used to. He recommended swapping to electric, though.
I'm on my way on this. Thanks for your input and link Turbo. I'm going to continue this on my build thread.
