ralph (07/05/82)
N reply to anton's question about getting North American cars to to track in a straight line. This is a problem that we had at our stable with a '71 plymouth a few years ago. It was very hard to drive without looking like you were drunk, and was down right dangerous (by our standards) over bumps (note that by US standards it was alright). It had power steering. The answer is really quite simple. Find your self a good alignment shop that will listen to you. Tell the guy doing the work set the car up with minimum toe-in and maximum positive caster. The factory specs give you a range on these. Most shops just try to get it in the range, and consider it done. By going to the limits as specified, you will increase the steering effort required, and lose some smoothness in the ride, but it will track a lot better, and have better feel at the wheel. After this treatment, the plymouth was safe and quite driveable.