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'48 3-speed Chevvie...on a baseball field.
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Started out on an 8N Ford tractor around the place and followed up on a 1964 Chevrolet Bel Air straight six, three on a tree. Once I had mastered it, I was eventually turned loose on the surrounding dirt roads that are still unpaved today where I did my best to channel my inner low- speed Joie Chitwood.
 
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1964 Triumph Herald, the old mans commuter car.


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67 VW Beetle


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Opal Manta station wagon
 
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M1A1 1/4 ton. AKA, a military Jeep.
 
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1943 Willys Jeep in the US Army 1986. God Bless !!!


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1982 Toyota Truck


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1959 Austin Healy 100-6.



 
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1951 Jeep. I was about 11-12.



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I learned to drive a stick in my Dad's 1959 Chevy. My first car was a new 1970 Duster with a 3-on the floor Had to trade it in, in 1973< for an auto, as my current wife knew nothing about sticks.....

Last stick was a 1996 Dodge RAM p/u that I had for 6 years....
 
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Honda Prelude. Not sure what year. Would have likely been early 80s.
 
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1946 4-door Desoto with a Tip-Toe semi automatic transmission. Yes, had a safety clutch and a column shifter. Kinda oddball to say the least. After that was a 1957 Chevy with 3 on the tree.
 
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First manual transmission I drove was back in the late 1940's.

Strangest one was my 1972 Citroën DS-21. Four speed transmission, shifter on the column, same lever also served as the starter, no clutch pedal.



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1970 Dodge Dart. 225 Slant Six and three on the tree.
 
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My Pawpaw's 1980 Chevy Luv. First I owned was an '82 F150 with 3 on the tree.


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A mid-60's Chevrolet pickup with a 3-speed column shift was my first trial. Our family was visiting family in rural Nebraska. I think I had my learner's permit at the time. My uncle asked if I wanted to go with him over to my cousin's place. What I didn't know was that he was planning to come back with two trucks.

As we were on our way to my cousin's, I was asking about gear selection and shifting while moving. He reached up and downshifted and upshifted several times while we were going down the road. He told me that a person gets used to it after a few times.

When I found out what was going to happen, my uncle told me not to worry as the pickup truck was very durable. I made it back but did have to learn timing for the clutch.

My second car after I got my license was a 1973 Mercury Capri - six cylinder with a 4-speed on the floor.

Have had two Mustang GT's (1982 and 1988). Have driven other cars with manual. I rented a Vauxhall Insignia (looks like a Buick Riviera) during a trip to the UK in 2014. Right hand drive and left-hand shift - with a diesel engine. Don't ever try popping the clutch if you stall the engine - it is like a variation of an emergency brake if you do. Don't ask me how I know. . . .
 
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For me it went like this:

Step 1. Buy a 1986 Mustang (in 1987)

Step 2. Learn how to drive it.

I had to get a friend to drive it home from the lot.


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My brother's '71 (I think) Ranchero with three on the tree.


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