Power steering

[healeyneil]

Anyone ever fitted rower steering to a Healey ? Someone I know drives a Healey with hand controls ( as he is lacking slightly on the leg count) steering one handed can be tricky sometimes !

 

[AndrewMawson]

Hey Douglas Bader drove his MG's during the war with NO legs (well tin ones!) but them he also flew a Spitfire

 

[bighly]

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Anyone ever fitted rower steering to a Healey ? Someone I know drives a Healey with hand controls ( as he is lacking slightly on the leg count) steering one handed can be tricky sometimes !

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Whats rower steering?

 

[healeyneil]

Heh you laughing at my spilleng!

 

[JamesWilson]

Neil:

I've done an archive search and not turned up anything worth mentioning, but you could try asking the "Modified Healeys" people- stuffing big American V8s into Healeys might also involve changing out the steering and I've seen comments about using Pinto and Mustang units though not power steering per se....

https://groups.yahoo.com/group/modifiedhealeys/

and they've a website:

https://ntahc.org/modifiedhealeys/

 

[Keoke]

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Hey Douglas Bader drove his MG's during the war with NO legs (well tin ones!) but them he also flew a Spitfire

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Yeah Andrew, but them Spits was made out of wood these is steel---Keoke- /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif

 

[Keoke]

Hi Healeyneil,There are several cars which have been updated with Rack & Pinion steering.Consequently, its just a splash to add the power type rack .However,to prevent powerloss in the engine it will most likely require the addition of a Moraine pump and possibly an alternator.---Fwiw---Keoke

 

[Cottontop]

Modified AH Registry

I am the web master for the Modified AH Registry web site.

Every car that I know of that has been converted to R & P has used a Sprite unit.

I know of no big Healey that has power steering. There are a couple of Jensens that have it.

Within the past year, there was a guy named "Joe" from San Francisco who frequented this forum.
He was single limbed.

As I remember, he had some hardware installed to compensate for his disability.

Tim Moran