16:1 vs. 24:1 steering

Another thing to look at to help with effort at slow speeds would be to add electric power steering from a modern car. It goes around the steering column under the dash, nothing in the engine bay. I don't have experience with manual steering though so I don't have anything to add regarding effort and feel.

I think I remember reading an article a few years back about using the steering setup from a Toyota for this conversion. I can't remember the donor car, I want to say prius.