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Old 03-25-2009, 09:48 PM
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Default Re: 16 yr old learning the manual transmission

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I don't wanna get anybody in trouble (or grounded) but it looks to me he's a little more familiar with that '65 Chevelle than Dad thinks! Like maybe after Dad goes to work or something!

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no way!! that's just his third time out, about 30 mins each time. Trust me, I take every precaution (locked garage + club) in case the kid is like me!!
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Old 03-25-2009, 10:03 PM
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......in case the kid is like me!!

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God forbid .
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Old 03-25-2009, 11:46 PM
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I never had anything that cool to learn a manual trans on!!! Mine had manual steering and manual brakes, but it just so happened to be in a '52 Ford stake bed with a Flatty that burned more oil than gas!!!! Of course, I was 8 when I was learning and my biggest obstacles were rock outcroppings and cows!!! As I grew up, the funnest truck we had was a '61 Ford F-100 4x4 with a 3 on-the-tree! Used to make that straight 6 scream then nail 2nd. Again, never had anything cool like that to learn on!!!!
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Old 03-26-2009, 12:16 AM
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whoa.......Whoa...WHOA!!!


We needed the camera on you Chris to see how red your face got!


Very Cool!!

Next lesson - the powershift!
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Old 03-26-2009, 12:58 AM
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Hay Russel, don't feel bad, my old man never owned a V8 untill I joined the Navy, he thought a Chevy 6 was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
He would let me drive the 60 VW ( all 36 hp )in the empty lot next to our house, I never once had a driving lesson from him, one day after washing the Bug, he said go ahead and take it around the block. I think I was 15.
All the other kid's in our hood made fun of us cause we were the only ones without a cool car.

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Old 03-26-2009, 01:46 AM
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It's good to see some kids today get the feel of what it was like to drive these cars back in the day.I was a 17 yr. old myself when my brother showed me the ropes on my 72 Nova SS by driving around our subdivision before i could go on the road.
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Old 03-26-2009, 03:57 PM
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he banged a nice second gear.. Be proud Dad!
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LOL...That was pretty funny.
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Old 03-26-2009, 06:43 PM
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That was too much fun Chris He sure is a fast learner

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Old 03-26-2009, 10:05 PM
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Cool! Looks like Long Beach to me!
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