Back in 1970 when I was 10 a guard at a local paper mill taught me to drive an old Chev 3/4 ton with a compound low granny gear. In less than 10 minutes I was driving around shifting gears in the mills back forty having a great time. Later I taught my 10 year old step nephew how to drive my 1967 1/2 ton Chev with a 3 speed. Made his day and made my day too. I love driving a stick.
For years & back in the day, I taught potential school bus drivers how to drive a stick shift bus. I would teach the clutch first without ANY throttle. They had to go really slow on the release - but any vehicle will move forward at idle speed if you go slow enough. Once they learned that, then we would start adding throttle. It gave them time to learn the clutch feel first and ultimately sped up the process.
@@Tonys_Garage66 I used a hamburger (no cheese) to describe how the clutch works. Picture a hamburger and turn it sideways. The bun is hooked to the engine; the patty is hooked to the transmission. The clutch pedal splits the bun halves apart. As you easy up on the pedal, the bun halves start coming together - squeezing the patty and putting the vehicle in motion. When shifting to the next gear, the clutch in allows the bun & patty to spin at different speeds so you can shift. Let me know how it goes! ~ David
Thanks for sharing this video! I also have a 51 Merc coupe. And my name's Gabe also! I'm impressed with how quickly that 6V flathead started each time. Share more videos!
My brother and I used to watch our pop we picked it up at about 10years old my brother went on to drive trucks for 35years he laughs now because he watched the younger generation coming into trucking that only have automatic transmission certification,I’m 64yrs old now i think I heard that this is the last year of manual vehicles .
I love manual transmissions. My grandfather taught me when I was 7 on his chevy s10. He was a trucker by trade and when he was home he hated driving so he started me driving around the farm and hauling wood through the pastures to be stacked up. It progressed me driving him around all the time and even driving him like miss daisy in his 51 ford 3 on the tree.😊
