Relative cost of repairs/ steering box

[Curt Sprenger]

Hi Craig,
Does your mechanic friend know BBs in detail or is he just guessing? His
basis may be from experience with the SOB stick and staple units that
are no longer on the road due to poor quality in the first place.That
1974 BB has less than 50,000 miles on it. BBs are overbuilt with
components that will last 100s of thousand miles...since 1966 to present
date. The steering box...*BABs Steering Hydraulics, Inc. *in Fontana,
CA, and all over the country, had in stock the pulley for the power
steering pump. You can contact them and ask about the steering box. The
steering box is the last thing I'd worry about.

Expensive to repair...not really. An example is the BB brake system
parts cost less than brake parts for my 1 ton Chevy truck. RV stuff is
RV stuff, same cost for new, old, SOB or BB.

Gas mileage is about 6+7 MPG if one keeps their foot off the floor. If
pushed hard then 5+ MPG. The 1974 weighs about 24,000 pounds. I get just
over 6 mpg average with our 1987 PT38 and it weighs 41,000 pounds. These
Birds were not designed with economy in mind.

One buys a BB because of it's quality and safety factor in a crash...the
all steel body frame and steel skin, the heavy duty frame, axle
components, drive line, etc. I've seen SOB units after a crash...that is
the pile of rubble, people hurt or dead. I've seen a couple BBs after a
crash and one after a roll over...guess what. The people walked away
from the crash. Banged up some but not hurt seriously or dead.

Hope this helps.

Curt Sprenger


Craig Schwartz wrote:

> I told a mechanic friend about my intent to buy a BB (gas,FC31, 1974).
> After he stopped telling about the fuel mileage he calmed down and
> suggested I research the following questions to get
> a sense of how expensive it is to repair a BB, whose parts may not
> be available.
>
> - is the steering box available from the original mfgr, and what is
> it's cost ?
> - is it available from anyone else, and cost ?
> - est. cost to fabricate from scratch, or is there a substitute ?
>
> any thoughts on this ?
>
> thanks,
> - Craig, Venice, CA
>
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