Does anyone have pictures or any ideas of the steering systems used on 60's-70's T buckets. I remember pics with the steering wheel coming straight up out of the floor between the drivers legs. Some of the steering wheels had spokes that went all the way to the floor. I always thought they looked cool. Not much fun to crawl around I bet but cool none the less. Any help with pics or ideas? Thanks, Rev
Dan Woods built the t buckets with the small wood steering wheels and the spokes that went to the floor. Ive been trying to find pictures but the search pulls nothing up.
The hot setup over here for a vertical steering column in a T-bucket was a Morris or similar rack and pinion mounted under the floor with one end connected to the drivers side spindle with a push/pull draglink.
I used to have a few pictures of Dan Woods cars with the crazy steering wheels, I'll dig through my stash.
Here is a T bucket I did in the 70s using a 60s VW bus steering box. It bolted to the inside frame rail. I added a reproduction mohagany T Steering wheel. I had to modify the pittman arm slightly by lengthening it and shorten the steering column. The car has run about 25,000 miles with no steering problems. The car went through a rebuild last year with new paint and upholstery.
My favorite T from the 60's had a near vertical 55 Nash Metropolitan steering. 1915 T on Cover of R&C September 1969. Bill Cushenbery Body and Paint, Roy Gilbreath interior, blown chevy with a Delta blower drive. Drool...
I am in the process of adapting a 46 Buick steering box and column for my 26 Model T 2 door sedan project. This steering box has a long sector shaft and the column jacket is about 3" in diamiter and bolts to the steering box. A very solid set up that adapts to a near vertical instalation without the need for a column drop. The column is long because it had to run past that straight eight. So it will have to be chopped. But from what I can tell by mocking up, it will work in a T sedan or a roadster "no problem."
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