Alternatives/Suggestions Lack of power steering?

Keep front tires properly inflated, make sure front end is correctly aligned, replace worn front end parts, and keep well-greased, then make car move before turning steering wheel from stop. When tires are not rotating steering will indeed be heavy, but once they are rotating effort rapidly diminishes.

We drove manual steering cars with standard transmissions for fifty years before power steering became more or less standard on premium cars in the late sixties. In fact I like manual steering in an A body better than optional over boosted power steering. Let me amend that last statement to read; I like manual steering, but also now enjoy a recently rebuilt stage II firm feel steering gear in my 67 Dart with a much reduced power assist to give a modern car like feel.