06-05-2019, 03:53 PM | #1 |
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Taught the daughter to drive for the first time today. I learned how to drive in an '88 Izuzu Trooper II. What did you learn in?
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06-05-2019, 04:09 PM | #2 |
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Very lucky daughter!! I learned in a 1954 Ford Crestliner sedan, with fender skirts and gangster whitewalls. It had a 239ci V8 with overhead valves (!), manual choke, and a two speed Fordamatic transmission. I later learned it would do all of 83MPH, wide open, but the tube radio (once the tubes warmed up) was awesome. Best part, the air vents, which were tunnels to the wheel wells with a door, held a fifth of Ron Bacardi Light perfectly. Those were the days!
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06-06-2019, 08:43 AM | #5 |
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I learned to drive in one of my father's cars. But I learned to drive a stick in a jeep during a summer beach job. We used a jeep pulling a railroad tie to smooth out the sand each day. Great way to learn to drive a stick.
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06-06-2019, 06:40 PM | #6 |
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That's a tough one. An old Ford farm tractor that didn't have a synchro, then a motorcycle and a manual VW Dasher diesel all before I was permitted to drive on the street. Officially a Subaru wagon and took my driving test in a Ford Thunderbird.
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Nash Rambler with pushbutton transmission.
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It was rally modified with a 4 speed manual gearbox on the floor and manual steering. Good on you to teach her how to drive but I will pay for someone else to instruct my kids when the time comes. Perhaps sending them both to the BMW performance driving school would not be a bad idea.
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06-06-2019, 08:28 PM | #9 |
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My dad had an early 1950s Nash Rambler 3 door wagon, automatic with shifter on the column but no "Park" gear. Let just say that car a mind of its own..
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Shit local licensed version of some 1.2 liter Nissan 4 speed manual, no speedometer just tachometer..., was a taxi in previous life other than it runs pretty much everything is shit...
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Also the grille had some minor damage especially to the name badge, so we called it the ABLER. This is what it looked like; mine was white.
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I remember those. Yes, mine was way more modern. I think it was a 1959.
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1968 Dodge Monaco, a tank of a car for all of $350. My parents didn't want me learning in their new Chrysler.
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This is the vehicle model I was borrowing from a friend for my driving lessons (Stock photo enclosed.) Even today after many many moons, I feel seasick even by casting my eyes on a picture of that freaky little car.
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