Yup manual steering and brakes. you know i thought the same thing about some race history. when i bought it it was still a 2bbl single exhaust so i don't know but even with the 2bbl it ran very strong. i know the dist has been recurved as the advance is all in by 2800 and the some one was in the engine because the timming cover and intake have been off. that cool yours is a base model also and it has the race history.