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aint_no_life_nowhere

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7. My first car was an old MGA

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Thu Jan 1, 2015, 10:57 PM

Jan 2015

It was a '61 that I got in '66 while in high school and it cost me $600, or every penny I had. First gear wasn't synchroed and so i had to double clutch if shifting down. I never drove it that hard and wasn't going very fast when i shifted down into first gear.

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How fast have you double-clutched into low gear? [View all] Lionel Mandrake Jan 2015 OP

My little gang of friends could drive without a clutch. 69 Firebird, for example. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #1

Most commercial vehicles have transmissions like that Tobin S. Jan 2015 #2

Indeed. 2naSalit Jan 2015 #6

We called a transmission with a non-sychromesh first.... catnhatnh Jan 2015 #3

if you were really good olddots Jan 2015 #4

The art is getting the engine to turn at the same speed as the wheels, GGJohn Jan 2015 #5

My first car was an old MGA aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2015 #7