Hi Jason,
Being a 1955 107" and assuming it has not been changed by a previous owner you will have brass cone/bushes in the top of the swivel housing and you will have a bearing at the bottom. These are still available if you want to keep things original but to be honest they were replaced with Railko bushes for a reason and that is that the later parts are better. If you replace them they are completely internal and the only way anyone would even know they are not original would be to pull the top steering arm off to have a look.
FWD here in brisbane have a complete kit to convert the early S1/2 to a Railko bush set up and they are not too expensive. Members of GCLRO get some discount so make sure you mention it. Then you need new swivel seals, probably new hub seals and a few gaskets and felt seals to complete the job. Make sure you get new lock washers for the big hub nuts, don't reuse the old ones. A press makes it much easier to get the bushes in and out of the swivel housing but it is possible with a hammer, just tends to leave marks on your fingers if you miss 
. New swivel balls are available from Paddocks in the UK for 69 pounds + freight but they are Britpart. I replaced the ones on my 80" recently with these and then put leather gaiters over them so we will see how they go rust wise. I also did the conversion to Railko at the same time and the difference in steering is quite amazing. The brass bushes had a fair bit of wear and play.
PM me or give me a call if I can help at all.
Tim.
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