General Motors built the last of its full-size, body-on-frame, rear-drive passenger cars at its Arlington, Texas, plant in 1996, some 27 years ago, but interest in these long-discontinued vehicles ...

Today, one popular option is to replace the traditional steering box with a rack-and-pinion system. The problem with that is the conversion can be a lot of work and tends to be on the pricey side.

The Saginaw recirculating ball steering box was used in just about every Chevrolet built. There were a couple of ratios used from a lazy 16:1 in the trucks and big cars up to an ultra-quick 12.7:1 in ...