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I'm still trying to find the answer to this question. Was there anything in particular that dictated whether a 68-70 A-body got a Saginaw or Federal power steering pump or was it just a matter of chance as to which was installed at the factory? I've seen both on cars from all three years so it doesn't appear to depend on the year of the car.



They were intermixed. From looking at various V8 A/C cars in 68, they tended to get the Federal. It usually has to due with A/C, motor, axle ratio sometimes. It may be coded on your buildsheet.

What is the car, motor, and trans that you want to put a power steering pump on?

Are you looking for which unit for a factory correct restoration? Or something that looks fine and functions well?

I'll still stand by my experiances and others' experiances that the Saginaw unit will function better under all conditions you can throw at it than the federal pump.