<VV> Steering box trivia

[Dusty Steinberg]

Does the aluminum or cast iron steering box housing have any advantage over the other?  
Paul in CT

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>From: Bryan Blackwell via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Sent: Oct 24, 2015 4:11 PM
>To: kevin nash <wrokit at hotmail.com>
>Cc: "virtualvairs at corvair.org" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Subject: Re: <VV> Steering box trivia
>
>Hi Kevin,
>
>Yes, once dirty the boxes look identical.  Cleaning off a spot is usually good enough, but just a glance underneath isn't enough to identify one from the other.
>
>The boxes I took off the '61 and '62 wagons were both aluminum.  I was under the impression the change was for '63, for sure the '64-up boxes are iron.
>
>--Bryan
>
>> On Oct 24, 2015, at 11:49 AM, kevin nash via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Of course, I haven't checked the boxes with a magnet(!!) I should probably do that,
>> as they only "looked" like cast iron, from years of dirt and road tar☺
>
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