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Watching Grumpy Bill Jenkins shifting that Camaro lends credence to Hurst's motto of the time: "Shift as hard as you want, but don't break your arm." Adios, Pizza Bob NRA Benefactor Member | |||
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LtrqsivESpg God, Guns, and Guts made this country....let's keep all three | |||
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Shouldn't we be happy that they are at least attempting to do something analog, or are we just supposed to mock everything they do because millenials (amirite)? | |||
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That note wasn't just for millenials. There are a lot of people that "think" they can drive. That 356 is worth a good chunk of change. Parts are expensive. Better safe than sorry. | |||
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I hate to credit a Mopar guy over a GM driver, but I believe it generally accepted that Ronnie Sox (Sox & Martin racing team) was "the" manual driving racer of that era. Made a stick run like an auto. As to the OP, I'd be happy if anybody my age knew what a 356 was and would no way in hell let them anywhere near the driver's seat whether they knew where reverse was or not. Let em grind on a new 911. Easier to fix.This message has been edited. Last edited by: wolfe 21, A Perpetual Disappointment... | |||
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Delusions of Adequacy |
as the old saying goes, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of clutch lining". I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. | |||
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I had a 1973 914 2.0 5 speed. Had a friend that always had a hard time getting into 1st. Most always landed in R since they we on the left. Lucky never reversed into someone at a light. He couldn't remember not to push down. | |||
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During high school, my boys used the Land Rover as a daily driver. They took it to their cousin's wedding reception, which had valet parking. The parking attendant just looked at them. My oldest asked "Would you like me to park it for you?" The attendant, with relief, looked at him and said "Would you?" | |||
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Although I used to drive a manual, the shift pattern is different for Reverse from what I drove. It always took me a while driving another manual. It was especially difficult driving my friends Triumph that had tiny clutch and brake pedals along with a very tight shift pattern. It took awhile but I mastered it. | |||
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I learned drive a manual with a three on the tree 61 Chevy Biscayne. No power steering or brakes. This was done in our backyard. Training consisted of a start in first and shift to second. Now you were out of yard. Into reverse for a three point turn and a return trip to the starting position. Repeated many times. I can still remember the smell of a burning clutch. Smelled like freedom! End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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If we eliminated the automatic transmission there would be a lot less texting and driving. I miss my stick. My F150 only came with an automatic. Do, Or do not. There is no try. | |||
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Three on the tree was the most fun! Drove a pick-up for an antique dealer when I was in high school with it. "You can take your pistol and stick it so far up your ass, the muzzle of it is visible when you cough." | |||
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Down and left in my '54 Chevy also..... I swapped a 383 Chrysler and 4 speed that was in my buddy's 62 Newport into the Chevy. For some reason known to him the shifter was setup that way. I left it that way. -------------------------------------—————— ————————--Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right time, even, usually, surpassing knowledge(E.J.Potter, A.K.A. The Michigan Madman) | |||
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I would appreciate being able to see the pattern on an unknown car. I could probably figure it out, but I've seen plenty of vehicles with wonky patterns. Both of mine have reverse in a different spot, I always have to think about it a second when I hop in one before I take off. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." | |||
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Yes he did. He drove for my uncle a few times and was the only driver that actually ran slower with a LENCO. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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I remember visiting Hawaii back in the early 70's and renting a Citron Mehari to bang around in, the stick shift was in the dash. A little confusing at first.  _____________________________ "The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living." "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" Benjamin Franklin | |||
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Rover88, This was my first Rover. Brought it back over the pond back in the late 70's. It had a PTO winch on the back bumper which was very useful. 1st gear was so low I usually took off on pavement in 2nd.  The second series I had was a right-hand drive. For some reason, very few people seemed to be able to master left hand shifting. Hail, Lucas, Prince of Darkness... | |||
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. I had a 77 Ford , 300, 3spd, on the column, had to stop every now and then and put the linkage back together ,,,, it tended to fall apart, until I bought and installed a floor shifter learned to drive in the city on my grandfathers 65 chevy, 6 cyl, 3 spd, everything on that truck was manual, learned to parallel park on that truck as well, all 125lbs of me trying to get that truck in some parking spots was,,,,,fun,,, thankfully it was a shortbed https://chandlersfirearms.com/chesterfield-armament/ | |||
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Or they were stamped in the plastic w/ white paint in it until grandpa’s 1963 Ford truck was used so long it just disappeared with wear. | |||
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I should have kicked my ex wife to the curb when she told me she couldn't learn how to drive a stick shift while we were dating... Current wife can drive one just as well as I can  Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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