...Remember Your First Power Steering Car?...

[ParadiseRoad]

...mine was my 1986 Chevy K30 Pickup...

...a couple of years later I converted my Kenworth dump truck from manual to power...I could turn the wheel just like the '58 Desoto in the commercial...

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[Rustyt1953]

 

[Sistema1927]

Not my first, but I had a 68 Ford Fairlane and one of the power steering hoses ruptured while making a tight turn. Hot fluid all of the manifold which quickly caught fire. I didn't have an extinguisher, but did have an old army blanket in the trunk and was able to beat the flames out. I needed to replace the spark plug wires, some other wiring, and that hose.

 

[Chuck24]

When you reach a certain age you remember a lot of firsts. First automatic,radio,radials,seat belts, AC, and we never quite trusted those first auto shut off headlights. We peeked out the window until we were sure they actually cut themselves off. Ps interval wipers.

 

[Onomea]

Not mine, but my mom’s: 1966 Cadillac Calais. My parents got it used, in ‘68 or so. It was a wonderful car for dating.

(Black, though. Inside and out. When I pulled into a gas station wearing my tuxedo on the way to pick up my date for the junior prom, while I was thinkin’ James Bond, the attendant thought I was from the local funeral home...)

 

[jbtrucker]

My uncle in Michigan adjusted the power steering real light on my parents 67 Impala Wagon. On the way home mom was driving in a rain storm in Kentucky , she flinched on the steering wheel and the car spun around couple times off to side of road. It scared my brother so bad it was his last trip, dad had it adjusted back to where it was.

 

[Grayfox]

I remember when power steering became common on heavy trucks. Thank God for that!
Those things would work you to death.

 

[carpriver]

I first car I drove with power steering was a 65 Ford galaxy 500 289. I was driving on a gravel road, the back end let loose and I was whipping it allover the road. kept it between the ditches. I frist car I owner with PS was a 64 Chrysler new Yorker 300 it car was a dream to drive,

 

[histreenut]

I never drove a car without power steering...

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[sophie]

My first car that had power steering was a 1957 Oldsmobile, Eighty Eight, 2 door hardtop with the J-2 Option (371 CI with 3--2 barrel carburetors) automatic transmission, power steering, and air conditioning. I bought it used with the transmission burned up in it. That was in 1963. I overhauled the R-Type Hydramatic transmission and drove it for the summer and sold it to a friend of mine. It was too big and heavy for me when I was used to 57 Chevy Bel Air 2 door hardtop, which I had also. It didn't have power steering or air conditioning but that was what I liked in those years.

 

[Golphin]

I first car I drove with power steering was a 65 Ford galaxy 500 289. I was driving on a gravel road, the back end let loose and I was whipping it allover the road. kept it between the ditches. I frist car I owner with PS was a 64 Chrysler new Yorker 300 it car was a dream to drive,

My first car was a 4 door 1965 Ford Fairlane 500 with a 289.

 

[Marshwheeling]

The ‘54 Fourd Country Sedan I learned to drive on didn’t have it, nor the ‘49 Fleetwood, navy blue with grey broadcloth seats I drove to the prom. None of our Corvairs needed it. The first family car with PS was probably my stepdad’s ‘64 Chrysler 300.

I must have driven PS before that car, but I can’t remember the occasion. In those days, you couldn’t assume one way or the other.

 

[pittpa]

I first car I drove with power steering was a 65 Ford galaxy 500 289. I was driving on a gravel road, the back end let loose and I was whipping it allover the road. kept it between the ditches. I frist car I owner with PS was a 64 Chrysler new Yorker 300 it car was a dream to drive,

I learned to drive and took my test on a 65 Galaxy 500 289 convertible. Also learned to buckle my seatbelt to stay behind the wheel on that vinyl bench seat.


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[Daniel Howe]

 

[Bozz10mm]

I think it was a '69 Ford LTD. The first car I owned with power steering. I don't think my '66 Mustang had it.

 

[2152hq]

'62 Ford Galaxy 2dr Hardtop.
V8 pwrsteering, pwrbrakes. All sorts of accessorys.. The engine rebuilt and cylinders honed, valves ground, new brakes, shocks ect, ect.
Well taken care of by the father of it's owner who was the GF of a friend of mine from HS.
They were both graduating college and selling the car.
$200!,,couldn't go wrong! This was in 75 IIRC.
It had 150K on it. But I ran it for 4 yrs w/o any problems. It sure liked gasoline!

That was just a plain fun car to drive.

 

[JohnRippert]

My first car. 1965 Plymouth Fury III 4-door with a 318 V8.

 

[Rustyt1953]

While in the service I drove vehicles with armstrong steering. I had to work for every corner.

 

[Old_Cop]

My mom's 1963 Chrysler 300 which featured light power steering with a square steering wheel. As an aside, I took my drivers test in a 4 speed Corvair, at that time your license would be stamped automatic only if you didn't test with a manual.

 

[Salty RI]

They stamped our license also, my mother had a 56 Chevy rag top that was auto and my father had a 56 Jag that I didnt like driving, I took my road test with my aunts 50 Merc coupe, 3 speed with over drive.

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