Sloppy steering

Someone who is not familiar could take this to mean "they just drove terrible." Not true. Before I tore the 67 apart, with modern radials, heavier T bars, a factory anti-sway bar and decent shocks, it handled pretty great. 70-100 on a decent highway? No problem. going around curves? Felt great, a pleasure.

My point is, don't just dismiss stock components as "bad" unless they are actually worn/ loose/ defective.
It sounds like you are misunderstanding my comment. Sure, after your suspension is fully modified, it feels good. That's not what I said. I've driven many unrestored cars with low mileage. The steering isn't good. Add a 100,000 miles, if the car even could go that far and comment on the steering, especially compared to what everyone is used to driving today,