This may seem silly to a lot of you out there but i am toying with the idea of dumping my power steering in favor of manual steering. I like the road feel and simplicity with manual steering, i see units pop up from time to time but before i pull the trigger, does anyone know if the non power steering shaft is a different diameter than the power steering one so I would be able to keep the interior bits or would i need to find a non power steering car to do the whole swap?

 

Practically everything from the steering wheel down is different , power vs.. manual in 1955.
The entire steering column would have to be removed and replaced .
The steering gear box is not separate from the column, as in later models.
You will have to tear apart a lot of stuff.

If you did want to install manual steering, there are probably a lot of guys with manual steering that would like to trade parts.

 

Good idea, maybe i'll go the trade route, its all removed anyway.

Thanks!!

 

You have to be Lance Armstrong to turn a 55 in tight places, once moving not a issue, but from a stop you know why they put that huge steering wheel in there... Tedd