Manual steering gears predate the Model T era. The typical layout is a column and shaft leading from the steering wheel to a frame-mounted gear mechanism. This steering shaft rotates left and right, ...

Early steering systems were simple mechanical mechanisms. Today’s power steering is much more intricate. Without power steering, just about every vehicle from those classic mid-20th century behemoths ...

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When Chevrolet introduced the new Corvette in 1963 it was hailed as a technological breakthrough, and when 1968 rolled around the C3 was about as close as one could get to a spaceship on wheels.