Sunday was building the steering. There was also a carnival in town so Grandpa was informed he wouldn’t get to monopolize all the kids time .

We’re keeping the steering as basic as possible; a simple bracket at the front of the car and a hole in the dash to hold the steering shaft, and an arm and tie rod connecting it to the steering arm on the front spindle.

The steering shaft we’re using is actually a Dodge truck steering shaft. It works out really well as it’s collapsible for length and with the right adaptor makes installing the steering wheel a snap.

We got as far as building and installing the front bracket before the kids had to go today.






I went ahead and kept at it a bit longer after the kids left, I wanted to build the tie rod so we can get the body back on next weekend to do the final test fitting before we start paint and body work.




Of course then it was time for the big test.......seeing if the darn thing actually worked. It did but it turned VERY hard, Cade could probably handle it but his sister definitely would not have been able to. The fix was pretty simple, an extension on the steering arm that effectively doubled its length (and leverage). When Cade comes over next weekend I’m going to take the extension off and have him try the steering then show him how much difference the extension makes.



Well that’s about it for this week, with any luck it think the kids will actually be able to push each other around in it next weekend and I’m really looking forward to that.




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