Stick Shift?

[flash gordon]

1st car 1955 chevy bellair 327 4-spd(15 yrs old,1979) sold for $800 no rust. next car 1972 Chevelle"heavy chevy" SS. 454 4-SPD Tha addiction at this point was hopeless. I have clients w/ Porsche's w/auto trans........WHATA WASTE

[flash gordon]

Originally Posted by flash gordon

1st car 1955 chevy bellair 327 4-spd(15 yrs old,1979) sold for $800 no rust. next car 1972 Chevelle"heavy chevy" SS. 454 4-SPD Tha addiction at this point was hopeless. I have clients w/ Porsche's w/auto trans........WHATA WASTE

3 on tha tree is not fun for me though....WEIRD...

[agentxc_02]

i want corvette but my requirement is manual tranny not automatics. Only way i want one to drive everyday

[tuscarora dave]

My first car was a 1975 Ford F-100 with a big block and a column shift three speed with worn out shift tubes, some of you older members may get a chuckle out of this, But when I first got in it and tried to start it up it started going backwards and I told the guy I was buying it from that something was wrong with it. After he was through laughing at me he explained what it was all about and how to drive it. I was mortified because I did'nt know how to drive a stick shift let alone a three on the tree. I at that point had ridden motorcycles and had an Idea of what to do so it was'nt too bad until on the way home on a very busy road the worn out shift tubes locked up between 1st and 2nd and I had no Idea how to fix it. After 20 minutes of having other drivers shout at me and blowing horns at me I got under the truck and gave the shift rods a good shake and off I went. Just one of many frustrating lessons

[flash gordon]

Originally Posted by tuscarora dave

My first car was a 1975 Ford F-100 with a big block and a column shift three speed with worn out shift tubes, some of you older members may get a chuckle out of this, But when I first got in it and tried to start it up it started going backwards and I told the guy I was buying it from that something was wrong with it. After he was through laughing at me he explained what it was all about and how to drive it. I was mortified because I did'nt know how to drive a stick shift let alone a three on the tree. I at that point had ridden motorcycles and had an Idea of what to do so it was'nt too bad until on the way home on a very busy road the worn out shift tubes locked up between 1st and 2nd and I had no Idea how to fix it. After 20 minutes of having other drivers shout at me and blowing horns at me I got under the truck and gave the shift rods a good shake and off I went. Just one of many frustrating lessons

[jamesqjr]

I learned on a 1970 duster 340 with a 4 speed.

[tuscarora dave]

Originally Posted by flash gordon

looks like you had one too

[jtford95]

I've been driving stick shifts since 85

[sfu7274456]

You will be amazed how many young kids can't drive a stick. We hire guys all the time and when they finally come out of training and get their company truck. Several of them will come back with their keys to me and say I need a different truck, I can't drive a stick. I always tell them well you better learn. We used to make our 20 yr old secretary take them out and teach them how to drive one. It was a humbling experience, when an extremely beautiful 20 yr old girl is teaching these tough macho guys how to drive a stick.

I learned to drive on a 28 ft grain truck with a split axle, and you had to double clutch to shift.

[BPebzly]

Stick shift...it's the only way to fly...