[JM 35 Sedan]

We tried every and all the modifications, both suggested here and elsewhere, to fit a '37-'39 steering box into a left hand drive '36 Phaeton about 10 yrs ago, while trying to use the stock '35-'36 frame mounting bracket. No matter what we tried, we could not prevent steering box interference with exhaust manifold. We looked at raising the engine and grinding material from steering and manifold. None of these modifications would have allowed enough clearance. The final aproach was to remove the stock mounting bracket by removing four rivets and one spot weld (a major pita with engine in place!!), and installed a '37-'40 steering box mounting bracket. Once this bracket was bolted in place, everything else on the steering column bolted back in place and looked as if it had come from the factory this way.