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Old 06-23-2016, 08:16 PM   #1
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I have a 56 Ford Victoria.
The steering wheel is HUGE. The car doesn't have power steering, but I'm adding it.
Was a smaller wheel used on cars with Power Steering?
Any one know?
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Old 06-23-2016, 08:38 PM   #2
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The wheels were all the same size, power steering or not. It's one reason why early power steering felt overboosted. Most of the early systems were manual steering with a hydraulic ram assist added on.
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Old 06-23-2016, 09:07 PM   #3
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I have seen ads for a company that makes a 14"(?) replacement complete with horn ring for about $300.
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Old 06-24-2016, 03:05 PM   #4
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I have seen ads for a company that makes a 14"(?) replacement complete with horn ring for about $300.
Any idea who the company is? I have a 64 Mercury Montclair column in my 56 F100 and it's steering wheel is toast.
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Old 06-24-2016, 05:13 PM   #5
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The thunderbird places have 15" replica of the 56-57 wheel. I'm told they will fit the car column, but don't know first hand. No idea for a later model column. $350.


http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb....Z5Z5Z50000219a
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Old 06-24-2016, 06:29 PM   #6
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One of the cool things about these cars is the big wheel. If yours is cracked, they are not hard to repair.
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Old 06-25-2016, 06:50 AM   #7
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Mayberry, the 64 Mercury wheel with P/S is one inch smaller than the non P/S version. Bigger wheels didn't used to bother me but maybe like humans their diameter gets larger with age.
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Old 06-25-2016, 11:42 PM   #8
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I can remember when I was a kid and sometimes I would see an elderly man or lady with a shrunken bone structure, driving down the road in a 1950's car and I would laugh because the top of the steering wheel was over their heads.
Now, I AM, that elderly shrinking man, and I was never big to begin with. I've been getting funny looks driving this car all my life.
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Old 06-26-2016, 07:36 AM   #9
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When I was a kid it seemed like at the front of every long, slow line of cars was a little old lady in a '54 Chrysler. She had on her Sunday best including white gloves and she was headed to town at the blistering speed of 25 mph. Most highways were 2 lane then, and it was nearly impossible to pass her. My ol' man would get so frustrated he was chewing nails.
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I can't remember the name, but the ad was in the free magazine....Drive.
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Old 06-28-2016, 11:01 PM   #11
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I'm in the process of converting to power steering, I bought one of these wheels off ebay...it needs minor modification to fit my column...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-1956-195...DBglxQ&vxp=mtr
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Old 06-29-2016, 07:19 AM   #12
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I'm in the process of converting to power steering, I bought one of these wheels off ebay...it needs minor modification to fit my column...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-1956-195...DBglxQ&vxp=mtr
Wow, looks nice and its 1" shallower than stock. I have the seat all the way back in my '59 and I'm a bit cramped behind the wheel (have long arms).

I fixed my OG steering wheel with PC7 epoxy and it looks great. I'll have to see how it drives before doing anything.
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