Has anyone here driven a classic huge American late 50s beast? What is it like to drive those things...

Has anyone here driven a classic huge American late 50s beast? What is it like to drive those things? A car that large with no electronics must be somewhat difficult to drive, right?

Yes, my boss has a 57 Chev pillarless. It drives fine, steering wheel is on the wrong side though.

You get use to it fairly quickly.

I prefer manual brakes as I feel power brakes are too sensitive.

Most came with power steering but with a large wheel, it doesn't feel much different except when moving at slow speeds.

Ive driven an early 60s chev. Great other than city parking. Slow as fuck with the 6.

they drive and ride horribly

easily the worst Ive driven and it was from the early 70s can only imagine a 50s shitbox

Drove some kind of 50s monster coupe. The steering was so slow it was terrifying. Also the body roll was awful.

Shit, you think an old chevy is hard to drive? Try an old 50's military transport truck like pic related. My dad owns two from the mid 50's and they don't even have power steering. The windshield wipers run off compressed air and the only electronics are the wires going to the spark plugs

By the way, nice trips el diablo

>I laugh at your EMP. Come at me.

Incredibly slow. Suffocating V8 gas fumes fill the cabin that's essentially bolted to a wet noodle some boomer was ignorant enough to call a suspension. Deafening at anything resembling highway speeds. Impossible to safely stop at any.

Pretty terrible desu and this was a "nice" Chrysler 300E which had one of the best engine and suspension setups out there. Can't imagine what the poorfag cars of the generation were like.

They aren't too bad.
Those old engines had loads of torque, so they moved around fairly well despite their weight.
Stopping distance and some body roll are really the only issues. Back then the onboard computer was you so you need to pay attention when driving one of those things.