Custom 51 F1 Steering Column, How it’s Done!

Huge shout out to my cousin David Purser! He taught me how to do this! In this video I show you how and teach you how to make a Custom steering column for your model a ford out of a 1951 ford pick up steering box!

[@backo62]

Very usefull !!! Thanks!!!

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

Thanks for watching! Funny that you commented on this old video, I’m doing the exact same thing right now! 😂

[@leonardwalters154]

Are you going to be able to get the parts to rebuild the box or does it need it?

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

I am pretty lucky that my box doesn’t need to be rebuilt, but it’s easy to find parts for it, all the bushings didn’t have any play in them!

[@carlosmora8866]

thanks for the video ,the plates are 3 9/32 high. can you please let me know the width of the plates and the exact position of the 1 31/32 hole in reference to the distance from the middle of the hole to the top of the plate

[@aaaapppp2854]

Excellent video. I've been thinking about what I wanted to do with my steering instead of what I originally had planned. You explained it great. Did a good job with the details and measurements. And your work looks spot on. I'll be looking for more videos.

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

Thank you! I’m glad I can help and I appreciate you watching!

[@JohnnyJalopyArt]

great ep man!

[@timsmith1589]

Cool

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

Thank you

[@caryford560]

Great job explaining how it is done.

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

Thank you Cary!

[@CarlBright]

WOW! Great vid!

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

Thanks Carl!

[@joenorton7720]

Looks good, what thickness of steel are the flanges made of?

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

Thank you! And sorry I didn’t say it out loud in the video both are 3/16th

[@kendrickbode9189]

instablaster.

[@29roadie17]

Did you mig weld the steel flange to the cast box?

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

Lol I sure did! Max volts and it laid down pretty good

[@jimkirk4742]

Thanks for the video, I was able to take my F1 box apart. I got my plates cut.

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

No problem at all thank you for watching

[@lowhunggarage9519]

Awesome video! I see now that the rear exhaust port is going to be tight! Whats the plan with the headers? I am sure they are going to be custom.

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

Thank you! I am going to be making custom laker headers! And the box is just underneath the rear exhaust port, I plan on making the header in that area slightly arch over the top, and I am going to be doing header wrap that I am also going to use on the radiator hoses to match

[@lowhunggarage9519]

@@WiredCustomsSpeedShop that sounds bad ass, are you going to be doing a how to on the lakesters?

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

I don’t plan on doing a “How To” video but it will definitely be in one of my Vintage Dragster series videos, I’m not the king at everything and doing headers is very labor intensive for me, to slow down and make a good video and explain every step would take too long lol

[@tacticalgenie8383]

Wired Customs LLC 🐐

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@WaxMeister]

Great video, I'm working on my '35 steering column and steering box at the moment. Nice Persols by-the-way! Still planning to ship you my tranny but, issues delayed the project.

[@tedsmith4400]

Thanks for the video....I believe I will do my f- 1 steering swap this way....

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

Thanks for watching Ted

[@tedsmith4400]

@@WiredCustomsSpeedShop your welcome....gonna use your templates to make the flanges today....great snowy/wet day project..

[@gabesgarage4522]

About to do this to my 31 A pickup.
Cool to see how you set it up.
Thanks for making this video

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

No problem thank you for watching!

[@tomkrause62]

And now your steering column is right in the way of the rear exhaust port?

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

The column is just underneath the rear exhaust port, I am running laker headers so it’s perfect, I’m sorry I didn’t say that in the video, box placement depends on the build, some guys put the box further back to have more room to run the exhaust down, center dups also work really well to move around the box

[@chesterlauck734]

Another step for me and another excellent video. Thanks for taking us along on this build

[@giantrobot67]

I'm just about to start this myself, can I ask, is it ok to weld onto cast metal? I mean obviously you did it here but I've been told not to in the past.

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

You can weld cast iron but it’s way more technical, you need at least a 220 welder and you need to preheat the cast. If it’s something you’ve never done before I would suggest taking it to a welding shop if you’re going to weld anything that’s safety related

[@giantrobot67]

@@WiredCustomsSpeedShop Thankyou for your reply, good luck at trog 👍

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

@@giantrobot67 thank you!

[@jamesbirmingham8529]

Great video.

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

Thank you James!

[@Brettmorton68]

What year F1 box work the best?

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

1948-1952 Ford F1 boxes

[@jamesbirmingham8529]

48 to 52 is that Ford pickups and cars??

[@WiredCustomsSpeedShop]

James Birmingham I’m sorry pick ups only