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[f1steveuk]

More of a shot in the dark. An ongoing restoration project is desperate for info on Burman steering boxes from the 50s and 60s. Do we have a resident expert!!!??

[Allan Lupton]

Give us a clue: what sort of information?
Newnes Motor Repairs manual has some useful sections on the various models, as does the (Australian) British Repair Manual.
If it's the name and address of a repairer, we used to use Leone of Merton, later called something else of somewhere else which I can't recall but could look up.

[f1steveuk]

You'll see why I didn't over commit! It's for Bluebird K7! The original press release says the box was supplied by Burmans, but it doesn't go into what box it was or what ratio was used. The restoration team has one picture of the box after divers recovered it in 1967. and that is all we have to go on!!

[soubriquet]

Most 105 series Alfas came with Burman recirculating ball steering boxes. I have re-built several of them. They are plentiful, and there are no secrets.

In my experience, the internals are pretty much identical, but the steering shaft lengths vary, and the external casings may or may not have a handbrake pivot mounting.

[Allan Lupton]

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Originally posted by f1steveuk
The restoration team has one picture of the box after divers recovered it in 1967. and that is all we have to go on!!

Canst post it for us?

[f1steveuk]

I'll have a go, but I'm off home in a minute (675 miles) so won't be able to have look until Saturday. but I will look!!

[RTH]

[Allan Lupton]

Thanks, but we know what a normal worm and nut Burman looks like (had several, still got one)!
What we need is a picture of the specific case.

[soubriquet]

This is the best I can do, from an Alfa manual

[ianselva]

Perhaps you could get close by starting a list of proprietary cars with Burman boxes in the period it was built. It was most likely either something mundane or at the other extreme a special made up by Burmans