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most Americans under 30 can't even drive a car that isn't an automatic transmission. You ever own a column shifter, Tex ? I'm sure Wilheim has.
I guess the ability to drive a manual tranny is no longer essential in America ? I'd kind of like my kids to be able to drive me to the hospital in my 1966 truck if I had a Redd Foxx sort of heart attack.
That should be drivable enough....if I still had it, ain't like a 66 Ford is a Helicopter ! a licensed driver should be able to drive it, or at minimum a more conventional manual stick shift car/truck.
I've had many old standard trannies , but only the 66 Ford was on the tree.. I had a few with gigantic like 30" + plus levers to change gears. Something like a stick shift an 80's 240 Z or a Fiero was heaven to drive in comparison.
My long driven 1993 F-150 was crazy, really long throws between gears shifter was like 30", it really felt like you were driving a truck.
duplication there, but something like an elephant dick shifter on an old F-150 compared to maybe a 240Z, is crazy, put it on the tree and , I doubt many could even drive it !
My long driven 1993 F-150 was crazy, really long throws between gears shifter was like 30", it really felt like you were driving a truck.
duplication there, but something like an elephant dick shifter on an old F-150 compared to maybe a 240Z, is crazy, put it on the tree and , I doubt many could even drive it !
If you can drive one you can drive them all 3 on tree-3 speed in the floor-4 speed-5 speed-6 speed.
I've driven tractor trailers for 22 yrs. I work for flooring manufacturer and we deliver all of our products locally. But I've anything from 3 speed on the column to 9 speeds-10 speeds-13 speeds-15speeds.
I've driven tractor trailers for 22 yrs. I work for flooring manufacturer and we deliver all of our products locally. But I've anything from 3 speed on the column to 9 speeds-10 speeds-13 speeds-15speeds.
My first car was a 1956 Ford Fairlane with three on the column 292 Cubic inch V8 with a two barrel carb. Nothing special but to a 16 year old it was like a gift from above. I paid $100 cash for it and it ran great. Broke my cherry in the back seat some time around 1964...
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Identical to one above (but not as cherry of course as it was a used car bought from a neighbor) if memory serves me right...Same color to boot.
wil.
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Identical to one above (but not as cherry of course as it was a used car bought from a neighbor) if memory serves me right...Same color to boot.
wil.
I work as a buyer [part time] for a pre owned dealer & i don't even look at a standard shift to purchase for the lot, as it would have very few looking at to purchase. By the way, my first vehicle was a 1953 Chevrolet with an automatic[powerglide] transmission. I knew of a young girl back in the day [who was in Drivers Education] who was left handed & tore off the turn signal on the column, thinking it was the shifter handle to shift the gears,LOL!
Some cars should only be standards like a vette or any sports car, some should only be automatic like a Caddy, towncar or any old folks sedan. Something like a BMW could be standard because it is vette like.
To me a pickup truck can be either.
For resale value an automatic is preferable in something like a Honda Civic since so many Americans either can't drive a standard or would refuse the car because it is a standard.
I would guess that 50% of Americans under 40 would be unable to drive a standard or uncomfortable at best with one. Standards do kind of suck in city traffic.
I'm aware of those Pat ! I don't think I ever drank one. The pull tab stuff from I guess like the early/mid 70's is the earliest stuff I actually used. You'd have to be nearly 50 to even remember the pull tab pop cans ( and the hippie necklaces).
The real steel cans are a bit before my time, but early aluminum pull tabs are within my era, born in 1963.
The real steel cans are a bit before my time, but early aluminum pull tabs are within my era, born in 1963.
