I had a 64 LaMans Coupe, without power steering. It was bad at low speed, and a nightmare to parallel park. It drove more like a tractor. I test drove a '65 GTO convertible without P/S. Again not acceptable, especially with the "plastic wood sports steering wheel". It's surface was slick, and narrow making it more difficult to hold on to and turn, especially in hot weather with your hand sweaty.
The braking systems in any of the early GTO sucked. In 1967 with disc brakes the stopping improved greatly. Can't imagine an early GTO without power brakes. The first thing I would do with an early model would be install power disc brakes at least in the front.
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