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Welcome from Rhode Island.

I just did a quick search. Ford 300 straight sixes had power steering in E 250 and E350 vans as late as the 90s. Maybe you could scrounge parts from one of those.

Welcome to the site. Keep us posted

Back to my argument. It is almost impossible to define traditional. Easier with period correct.

Looking good!

It may not be legal but maybe you can find a used car dealer that will “ sell it to you” for a fee of coarse.

Nice work as always.

Looks great! I hope the back and hip gets feeling better. I go through it too.

A little repair to the grill. The crank hole was beaten out of shape. I tigged two new pieces. Not perfect but way better than before.

Nice work! You always come up with great ideas

I would call it yours. The only person it had to make happy is you. That is what matters.

Nice work as always.

There is nothing wrong with taking your time with a build. It gives you more time to find info, Imagineer and scrounge parts cheap.

I have a problem with the term traditional hot rod. Traditionally hot rods were built using new and better parts than available when a vehicle was new. I feel they were always a progression. Period correct makes more sense. If you are limiting parts and style to before than a certain date that...

Nasty to look at but a great reminder. Glad he is ok and that it missed his eyes. Be safe!

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I got the radiator support and grill mocked up. The support mounts to the cross member at the bottom. The grill mounts to the sides of the support and the rods that run from the fire wall to the grill set the position of the top of the grill from the firewall. The gaps for the hood sides are ok...

I decided it was going to be easier to work on the radiator support and grill mounting with the engine removed. I got strange looks and laughed at when I built the mounts so that it could be dropped out the bottom. It worked better than I expected

Hope everyone had a good thanks giving.

If I ever get it done. Thanks