[SS427]

All of the original hardware was laid out, documented and photographed. In the rare instance that anything had to be replaced, it was replaced with the exact same piece from GM such as the pinion bumper and some of the chassis bolts.

The steering gear was completely photo documented and restored and rebuilt back to it's original state. The original owner had gotten ahold of a can of black spray paint early on in the cars life and put a flash coat over everything in the engine compartment. Hence the reason for the black paint on the steering box. Note the outline of a decal that was once there. I have no idea what it was and nothing I have researched has come up with anything. I almost see a yellow stamped "DL" on 1970 boxes but found no signs of any stampings on this box. The box was bead blasted to bare cast iron, treated and sealed and all machined surfaces were remachined.