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I've been studying steering boxes for the last coupla days trying to figure out what I need. I found that most of the reman boxes aren't any good because they are disassembled, cleaned and resealed. If the hard parts haven't exploded they are reused!! Which may explain a new box with no improvement in road feel. I learned that only the best reman'd box should be used. I also learned that the later square bodies (80-87?) had a variable ratio steering box and it really wasn't a "quick ratio" box. I have a manual '67 box that is 5.5 turns lock to lock . I found that the later boxes were 4.5 and 3.5 L T L, quicker than what I have. I found that the Saginaw 800 that was used in GM cars were mounted on the inside of the frame and I know that the trucks are on the outside. The cars do have quicker ratio boxes (as low as 12:1). In the end, and sorry for being so long winded, I was thinkin that even if the boxes were mounted on opposite sides of the frame it is entirely possible that the guts could be swapped out of the car box into the truck box. A new performance box can be over $500. A junkyard kit-bashed box might be closer to $100. Still haven't completed my research but I wanted to share with you what I've found so far in case it helps you.