Thanks in advance

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A good buddy of mine (RIP) had one in his '34 Ford and was forever talking about it being "the perfect cross between manual and power steering".

 

 

My understanding of a Hudson Steering conversion is that it consists of a steering box from a 1951-1953 Hudson Hornet, the steering column and wheel and a modified draglink.  If I knew exactly how to do it, I could just source the parts but I do not. There was a Jeep fellow here in Denver (Don Sr. at Mile Hi Jeep)who knew pretty much everything about this sort of thing but he passed away a few years ago so that knowledge is lost.

 

I'm hoping that someone here might have a Jeep with the Hudson stuff swapped in and that they might be restoring theirs to original and might want to sell the Hudson stuff.

 

By the way, my stock steering with a tightsteer is very good right now. I just wanted the Hudson setup because it is a cool period conversion and I really liked the one I had in my 3B.

I am sure Novak has something… Merc flathead to Ford top loader??

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are two types if I recall.

One that is mounted inside the frame and one that is mounted outside the frame.

If you flip it over, it turns the opposite way when you turn the wheel I've been told.

When I was about 6 years old, a fellow Jeep owner in our club did this swap. (as many did)

But he got the wrong box (told everyone how much cheaper it was)

The story was that when he went out the driveway the Jeep turned the wrong way.

Believe it... or not.

Excited to do the conversion. I will report back in a few weeks.

I’ll also take pictures as I go!

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Yes..please do. I would be very interested in seeing the pictures! :)

And the Hudson Box is 6 turns lock to lock.  I used the original pitman arm from the Hudson, and it was 7” instead or the 5” original. This makes the ratio a bit less than half of the original.

The Hudson pitman arm ball end is also larger than the original willys, so I needed to weld the drag link end of the Hudson to the willys drag link. Another thing learned is you can just bolt the bracket to the frame, because if you do the column will not match the hole in your tub.  I needed to make a bracket to offset the box 2.5” inside the frame.  Some fab and welding needed.  

Just took the old girl off road and it was awesome in the sand and mud, and much easier to steer. Also less feedback on your thumbs, but still some to let you know you are still driving a 75 year old Jeep.  On the road it was much less squirly, and you can steer with 2 fingers.  On other thing, you would need to weld you steering wheel spine to the Hussein steering column to keep you steering g wheel, but the shaft diameters are the same, so it is fairly easy.

I would only recommend this if you are comfortable mig and tig welding well!! Steering components are no joke as you all know.

I am very pleased, and would say it keeps the “feel” but somehow feels like it has power assist.

 

Thanks!

But on the pitman arm it is actually closer to the block than the original, but with a longer arm.

I have my Buick v6 shifted to the passenger side about an inch so it worked.  L-4 usually is smaller be shifter to the driver side so it should be checked.  Happy to help if someone is serious about this.