Saturday stuff
Apr 6, 2024 19:19:43 #
plumbob wrote:
Did she put them through the hill test? That was the worse on mom's 61 Impala.
Got my first license, with Dad’s 51’ Studebaker. 3 on the tree. 🌴 starter button on the floor. “Hill Holder” clutch. Wish I had it…
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Apr 6, 2024 19:48:43 #
DozerDave wrote:
Got my first license, with Dad’s 51’ Studebaker. 3 on the tree. 🌴 starter button on the floor. “Hill Holder” clutch. Wish I had it… 🐟on
🐟onDave, we had the 61 Impala 3 on the tree and a 64 station wagon automatic tran. If I couldn't pass the test on the 61 it was a no go with the licenses. Mom's tough Love for a reason.
All the work trucks when I first got into the plumbing field were 3 on the tree. Paid off learning the hard way, I got to do the lunch runs.
Apr 6, 2024 22:28:29 #
dbed
Loc: POMME DE TERRE LAKE MISSOURI
My first vehicle was a 50 Chevy 2 ton truck 4 speed with a 2 speed rear axle. I was 16 years old and I drove it loaded with 4 cords of oak wood up and down the Ozark mountains.
Apr 6, 2024 23:05:29 #
dbed wrote:
My first vehicle was a 50 Chevy 2 ton truck 4 speed with a 2 speed rear axle. I was 16 years old and I drove it loaded with 4 cords of oak wood up and down the Ozark mountains.
The girls must thave LOVED you.😁😥🤠👍
Apr 7, 2024 09:26:18 #
plumbob wrote:
Dave, we had the 61 Impala 3 on the tree and a 64 station wagon automatic tran. If I couldn't pass the test on the 61 it was a no go with the licenses. Mom's tough Love for a reason.
All the work trucks when I first got into the plumbing field were 3 on the tree. Paid off learning the hard way, I got to do the lunch runs.
All the work trucks when I first got into the plumbing field were 3 on the tree. Paid off learning the hard way, I got to do the lunch runs.
That made me think of a neighboring farmer when I was young. He had an old Ford van that was 3 on the tree. With about 10' of worn out linkages, it was interesting to say the least!! It was the standard H pattern with an extra S, F, and K involved 🤣🤪
Apr 7, 2024 09:34:14 #
Doug Lemmon wrote:
That made me think of a neighboring farmer when I was young. He had an old Ford van that was 3 on the tree. With about 10' of worn out linkages, it was interesting to say the least!!
Another advantage to 3 on the tree is down shifting when about to crash. I loss the brakes on the company truck on a hill headed straight for the house we were working in.
Choices were the house, a wood pile or go over a hill and into a pond. Well the house loss and by the time i hit what ever gear I could, no damage to the steel trucks in those days but the house had a few 2 x 4 splinters about it.
However, when I got out of the truck I held up the unspilled coffee cup. Bobby did good that day.
Apr 7, 2024 09:36:53 #
plumbob wrote:
Another advantage to 3 on the tree is down shiftin... (show quote)
Coffee... Priorities!! ☕
Apr 7, 2024 09:46:51 #
kandydisbar
Loc: West Orange, NJ
CamT wrote:
Here goes
Funny stuff. That snake is hilarious! I'm assuming stick shift antitheft because the dumb theives don't know how to drive it?
Apr 7, 2024 09:55:50 #
TimFly
Loc: Hacienda Heights, CA
DozerDave wrote:
Got my first license, with Dad’s 51’ Studebaker. 3 on the tree. 🌴 starter button on the floor. “Hill Holder” clutch. Wish I had it… 🐟on
🐟onFirst learned to drive around 13 years old, with a 43 Willy's jeep, 3 speed on the floor, starter on the floor. Moved up to a 61 Chevy 1/2 ton with 3 on the tree. I had to go with Mom when she drove the Chevy because the shifter linkage would occasionally slip out and I would have to pop the hood reach in and reset the linkage.
Apr 7, 2024 09:56:10 #
kandydisbar wrote:
Funny stuff. That snake is hilarious! I'm assuming stick shift antitheft because the dumb theives don't know how to drive it?
Exactly 💯
Apr 7, 2024 10:08:24 #
Apr 7, 2024 10:14:44 #
I learned young how to handle a stick on a old Allis Chalmers WC.. my 1st truck was 4 on the floor.
Apr 7, 2024 11:10:03 #
saw1 wrote:
LOL, IDK.
Drivin a stick in San Francisco is the worst.
Drivin a stick in San Francisco is the worst.
Steve you are going to love reliving this Bill Cosby routine.
https://youtu.be/oOmayx2JBs8?si=LESxkiLL-pVuPpow
Apr 7, 2024 11:24:53 #
Doug Lemmon wrote:
I learned young how to handle a stick on a old Allis Chalmers WC.. my 1st truck was 4 on the floor.
How about a truck with 2 sticks, on the floor. Like a 4 and a 3= 12 forward gears or a 5 and a 4= 20… they took some getting used to. Then they came out with the air assist transmissions, eliminating the second stick…
🐟onApr 7, 2024 11:28:26 #
Bcmech1 wrote:
Steve you are going to love reliving this Bill Cosby routine.
https://youtu.be/oOmayx2JBs8?si=LESxkiLL-pVuPpow
https://youtu.be/oOmayx2JBs8?si=LESxkiLL-pVuPpow
Good one Bruce, I was wondering what was up with all those flowers.
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