What Car Did You First Learn to Drive

[Jim Kuykendall]

I was 10 and that 46 cj2 was unstopable in the desert. I had to be rescued more than once.

 

[imashooter2]

1967 Fury with a 225 slant 6. Power to weight was a little soft...

 

[WILDCATT]

truck

1940s ford bulldog bomb truck.loading depth charges and airial topedoes.

 

[vytoland]

1956 plymouth savoy............lots of cruisin' on friday & saturday nights.

 

[boneman]

Vauxhal. Larry

 

[jframe]

1972 Ford LTD 2 door hardtop with a 351 Cleveland 2Bbl. Learned to steer it LONG before my feet would reach the pedals. Car was pretty damn torquey for what it was. Learned how to swap cogs on a 1974 VW Beetle. Aggravating car to learn on for some reason.

 

[wbraswell]

I was 13 and my Dad would take me out in Mom's fishing car, a 56 Ford Custom 4 dr. It had a 272 V8, and a 3 on the tree. I would get to drive and we would have our talks about the facts of life.

 

[ncy54]

VW bug........36hp beast. Stick, of course!

 

[RufusG]

1969 Olds Delta 88 455 4 bbl. Nothing like a gazillion ft-lbs of torque to make my parents' hair prematurely gray.

 

[Duke426]

1974 Ford F250 4x4 with a 390 and a 4 speed manual transmission.

 

[Dr.-d]

Chrysler Newport- wish I had it today

 

[WMK642]

1946 Hudson 4 door with a bad throw out bearing on the clutch. Wow that was a long time ago.

 

[akguy1985]

1997 ford ranger XLT 2.3 5speed

 

[Greyhawk]

First learned to drive in a late 1960's VW Beetle. Started out driving around the back yard the moved on to the back roads....

 

[EOD3]

1946 Hudson 4 door with a bad throw out bearing on the clutch. Wow that was a long time ago.

I bet you'd be hard pressed to find very many people that have a clue what a throw-out bearing is. Next we'll try to find someone that knows what "double clutching" is and why you'd want to do it.

 

[Knightrider03m]

1992 Ford E-150

 

[culito]

Tractors and a 58 Willy's Jeep on the farm.

 

[Ted E Bear]

1938 F20 Farmall tractor, then a 1960 Chevy

 

[The Highlander]

I bet you'd be hard pressed to find very many people that have a clue what a throw-out bearing is. Next we'll try to find someone that knows what "double clutching" is and why you'd want to do it.

Ahhh, memories!

The double-clutch was performed to allow shifting between non-synchronized gears. Such was the case with the 1963 Triumph TR4 my dad raced, and then taught me how to drive in. That second to first downshift was a little tough.

Properly performed, doesn't take much longer, and sure sounds cool with straight pipes.

 

[David LaPell]

That would have been my parents 1987 Nissan Pathfinder. I loved that thing it would go anywhere.