In the old days, V-belts were called fan belts, and most cars had only one. Then power steering, air conditioning, and even smog pumps came along, and the front of an American V-8 engine soon looked ...

Why did most big cars of the '50s and '60s come with overly large steering wheels? Because power-assisted steering was either a (costly) option or simply not available, leaving the driver to rely more ...

When our pal Don Straley first picked up this 1965 Chevrolet C10 back in 1988, the stock suspension, drum brakes, and manual steering box were perfectly fine, given the utilitarian nature of the truck ...

There’s no question we’ve become spoiled. While our parents and grandparents routinely drove cars lacking such luxuries as power steering, power brakes, air conditioning, or power windows, today ...