Ford Wrist-Twist steering control - video

**Altair** · Jul 24, 2021, 01:56 PM

Ford Wrist-Twist steering control promotional film from 1965. 2:01 video.

Previously:

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**gatz** · Jul 26, 2021, 06:12 PM

Didn't Pontiac have a version where the steering was done with 2 wheels on the side of the driver's seat.
Seems Mechanix Illustrated magazine had an article about it with Tom McCahill offering opinions, perhaps.

**nova_robotics** · Jul 26, 2021, 09:29 PM

I think Lotus, Saab and Mercedes all had prototypes that replaced the steering wheel with a stupid joystick thing. I guess everybody tries it at some point. Right now Tesla is busy making their cars worse with a silly yoke thing.

**toeless joe** · Jul 26, 2021, 10:09 PM

Had a model of that Mercury when I was in about the 8th grade. Thought that wrist twist was the coolest thing.

**Floradawg** · Jul 27, 2021, 11:06 AM

I miss Mechanix Illustrated. Also Popular Science and Popular Mechanics were a whole lot better back in the day.

**schuylergrace** · Jul 31, 2021, 12:22 AM

I've wondered all these years how we came to have WristTwists in our flying automobiles! You know, people used to drive land-cars with these big hoops to steer. And there was only one, so I don't know what they did with their other hand.