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6.1 Power Steering

    • Sometime between 1920 and 1926 Francis Davis and George Jessup (Americans) invented a hydraulic power steering system.
    • In 1926 it was tested in a Pierce-Arrow vehicle.
    • The Chrysler Imperial became the first production vehicle to be fitted with a power steering system in 1951. The system was called “Hydraguide”.
 
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