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Kern Dog said

The Australian setup is very strange. The steering box is mounted to the right hand frame rail about 14 inches further back compared to an American spec A body. Their idler and Pitman arms point forward, not rearward like LH drive cars. This must result in a steeper steering column angle.

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I was initially going to say that seems like a better setup (rigidity and space) but after reading this maybe not... There were probably good reasons Chrysler engineers originally put the steering box where they did with regard to steering linkage geometry. The flatter steering column angle was also a signature trait of Mopars back in the day but apparently not everyone liked it. I sure do, feels more "performance oriented" that way.

After all when they designed the original Valiant (which the B-body is also based off of) they were aiming for a car with a more "European" driving feel to compete with the British and German imports.