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Originally Posted by 'ol Pinion head
Power Steering box wise, a '69 GP uses a different PS pitman arm than a '70-72 GP PS arm. Has something to do with the splines.
Do know'70-72 Monte Carlo's did not use this style pitman arm.
The common '64- mid 70's style GM manual steering box requires its own specific manual steering pitman arm for each body style. Extremely hard to find whether searching for the specific manual strg arm for a '69 Grand Prix, or the specific manual strg arm for a '70-72 Firebird.
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The 70-72 Monte Carlo used Chevelle front suspension components. The '69 GP (which was the reason there was a '70 up Monte Carlo) did not use "off the shelf" A Body Idler and Pitman arms, as well as centerlink, to best of my knowledge. Suspect the length (front to back) of the GP idler and pitman is longer, than a typical A body one. Perhaps the same length, as an F body one, but with a "drop". But I haven't parted one in decades. Both the GP and Monte Carlo used "Stretched" A body frames, that were lengthened forward of the firewall, in several places, to give a longer hood and front clip profile. Believe Fisher Body coded both the GP and the Monte Carlo as G body, at that time. The GP had a different engine frame cross member, also, than a typical A body. As the GP was positioned a a "personal" luxury car, a manual steered one was either non-existent, or a very rare bird. Know they did have four speed ones, as there were also four speed early Monte Carlos, but again these cars were very rare.