My steering wheel is cracked, and the large diameter wheel makes the car a bit harder to get into with my racing buckets.

I think a smaller diameter wheel might be a good move to make the steering feel a bit more responsive, although I'm fairly certain the power steering might be more of the culprit.

Summit suggests a Grant 1902 based on my model/year, but I imagine anything would fit.

What's everyone got?

I use this exact wheel on mine, 13" version. Still have the GT horn button, been there for almost 30 years. Jeesh I'm getting old.

72FordGTS wrote: I can't comment on the aftermarket wheel, but if you want to improve the steering feel, you need a new steering box.  There are two options, a Lares quick ratio, or swapping to a Saginaw steering box.

I am currently swapping to a Saginaw quick-ratio box in my '76 Ranchero (the original is a two-bolt Ford), is a different pitman arm also required?

I don't know what new issues or details have been found since I did my conversion, in 1988. I bought a Saginaw steering box from a 71-73 Mustang, and sent it off to be rebuilt by the same builder doing NASCAR boxes. I don't think there is any difference in the pitman arm, I used a new one for my 72 Ranchero then.

I learned by phone then that lots of OEM cars had compatible Saginaw boxes in them. In the 80s' a Trans Am was a more common car to find than the 71-73 Mustang, I'd have hunted one of those if I knew before the Mustang I found. The first thing to look for was the number of bolts on the cover visible from directly above. The two bolt type are not a Saginaw box for sure, those all have four cover bolts, that can work. That's all I recall learning back then.