1987 Chevrolet Sprint 1.0L 3cyl. 5speed.
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For Those Who Can Drive a Manual...
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A 1947 Chevy and a 1928 Model A
Did you appreciate the synchronizers in the Chevy?
I learned on a 1973 Ford Maverick...3-on-the-tree and 200c.i. (3.2L) inline six.
A 1947 Chevy and a 1928 Model A
I learned on a 1973 Ford Maverick...3-on-the-tree and 200c.i. (3.2L) inline six.
I learned to drive a standard on Mom's 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air equipped with a stove-bolt six and a three on the tree. No power anything and no oil filter either!
Yes, but the model A had a bad 2nd gear, so generally only used low and high.
Dirt bikes since age 7, so the first manual was a non issue. It was a Formula Vee race car in the High School parking lot. Unfortunately, my skill level never passed the 80% level and I was never competitive in race cars of any sort. Still a natural on a dirt bike though.
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1959 Rambler wagon with 3 on the column!
1962 International Pickup. I was 14 and I started driving so I could go cut fire wood by myself. How much fun can a kid have: a pickup and a chain saw!
59 VW Bug, 4 speed, and synchro’s in 2-4.
1941 Dodge 1/2 ton pickup 3 by the knee
1952 Ferguson tractor when I was 6, and not heavy enough to depress the clutch and brake simultaneously.
First road-vehicle shifting practice, while still under-age, was one mile in a 1959 Rambler Classic 3-on-tree (which made the same clanking noises as Ford manuals).
First extensive practice in the 1954 Chevy One-Fifty below, while my parents still owned it.
First proper 4-speed (besides the Ferguson and my parents' 3+granny F-100), the Subaru below.
First 5-speed, the Mazda below.
Two very different 2×4=8 speeds, a 1968 IH 444 tractor, and a circa 1980 Plymouth (Mitsubishi) Colt.
First road-vehicle shifting practice, while still under-age, was one mile in a 1959 Rambler Classic 3-on-tree (which made the same clanking noises as Ford manuals).
First extensive practice in the 1954 Chevy One-Fifty below, while my parents still owned it.
First proper 4-speed (besides the Ferguson and my parents' 3+granny F-100), the Subaru below.
First 5-speed, the Mazda below.
Two very different 2×4=8 speeds, a 1968 IH 444 tractor, and a circa 1980 Plymouth (Mitsubishi) Colt.
Nash metropolitan convertible at 10 years old in ranchers trails. Then later bought 1960 Austin Healy Bug Eyed Sprite, a Triumph Spitfire,a Mazda RX7, and a Ferrari 308GTSi
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I learned the basics of clutch operation, and later clutchless speed shifting, on a beater 250cc Honda Rebel motorcycle. Later on my dad had a 5 speed 85 4 cylinder Cherokee that I cut my teeth on, so to speak. My first manual transmission car was an 88 Tempo
1976 Mercury Bobcat.
Fo on da flo, no power anything. Had a cassette deck and CB though.
Fo on da flo, no power anything. Had a cassette deck and CB though.
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1988 Chevy C20 3+3 (6 man) Loved that truck.
I learned on several vehicles. The basics on old farm tractors and then on a friend of the family's old Datsun pick-up. Owned a couple manual transmission vehicles of my own when I was younger. I wouldn't want one for a daily driver now but would definitely have one in a performance vehicle if I bought one.
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