Ford steering box’s flathead Ted

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Originally Posted by T Scott

Interesting reading all this stuff. First, why would anyone buy a steering box that you were not supposed to take apart? That's contrary to everything in this hobby. The true Ford aficionado takes everything apart at some time or another, either to repair/rebuild, improve or to understand the respective mechanism. Secondly, with respect to reverse engineering, this is pretty basic stuff, and there are other more lucrative devises out there that could be reverse engineered if one was into that. By the time someone took one of these apart and created the drawings, secured a pattern maker, spec'd the components, cast and then machined the casting, machined the end caps and on and on, there is considerable investment here. Good return on investment? I don't think so.

Mr T Scott completely blows that "REVERSE ENGINEERING" B/S idea completely out of the water. Well-said, Sir!

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