first manual car you ever drove?

In 1970, my best friend in high school, Eddie Stephens, taught me how to drive a stick in his '69 Z28. How cool was that! I was grinning from ear-to-ear while learning to driving that car.

After a couple of lessons in his car, I thought I new everything there was to driving a stick, so they set me up by asking me to drive the wrecker into the garage bay at the service station I was pumping gas at, at closing time. I didn't know about 1st gear being the granny gear in a wrecker, so when I put it in 1st gear and took off, that wrecker was bunny hopping up and down all the way across the lot until I got it parked inside. Everyone was rolling with laughter when I exited the wrecker.

Oh to be young and dumb again!

 

1973 Chevy Vega GT I bought new. The salesman gave me a quick lesson, I drove around the lot a couple of times, then got out on US 98, one of the busiest roads in Lakeland, FL, and drove home.

 

1975 lemon yellow duster slant 6/A833 overdrive. Was married with 3 kids, took more than a few road trips. Darn thing got 20-21 mpg loaded with the family and all our travel trash.

 

When i was about 7 or so, I used to play around in my dad's 1950-ish international pickup. He would sit next to me & tell me how to use the cluth and shift gears.

Then one day when I waswashing our 1976 Subaru Station wqgon (4x4), he sterted it up and told me to drive. It took a few tries but before i knew it, I was driving that thing all over our ranch. Mom said she looked out the window and saw my dad riding shotgun in a car with nobody driving!

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'59 Chev Biscayne 6 cyl 3 speed, didn't own an automatic until 1978.

 

I would say it was probalby a U.S. Army 5 ton dump truck!
First normal size manual rig was probably my 62 scout.

 

First vehicle i ever owned was a 64 F100 Shortbed i got when i was 14, 292 with a 3 on the tree and picked it up faster than my dad trying to show me how to drive it, Good memories.

 

1961 Sunbeam Alpine in 1968. Took Drivers Ed in a 66 Beetle - that was in 1970

 

1946 Jeep .

 

Plymouth Valiant, slant six with 3 on the tree - drivers ed car, around 1962 or so mind fades.

 

1949 Thames 1/4 ton when I was 14, and I still have the same Thames today, 48 years later. Currently runs a 383 strocker with a 700R4 and 3800 stall converter and Halibrand quick change.

 

58 Bug back in 1962. A very forgiving car.

 

They were ALL sticks when I learned to drive.

 

Dad's 74 Celica. I was around 10. I shifted wrong and it backfired and scared the bejezus outta me.

 

61 volkswagen..fold back cloth sunroof took my brother-in-laws car when he was sleeping... learned to drive real quick..think i was 12

 

82 datsun 210 I think, 5 speed, my moms old ride I was 12..

 

Mine was a 89 chevy s10 my dad let me rip threw a feild and showed me how to drive a standard when I was 12!!!!! Awsome.

 

My Dad's '64 Bel Air, 283, 3 on the column with overdrive. He was fussy and I didn't get the knack till I got my own car.

 

Funny. Mine was a '79 Datsun 310 around '84 or '85. My pops put a million miles on the car, then I started driving it in the mid/late '80's. All things considered it was an awesome car, I couldn't kill the little anemic bastard, plus it got 30 mpg.

 

'First car I ever drove was a '57 Plymouth Savoy w/flat 6 and 3 on the tree. Now I have a '46 Plymouth Special Deluxe Business Coupe w/hopped up flat 6 and 3 on the tree. Other car is a '39 Plymouth Business Coupe w/hopped up flat 6 and e on the floor. I guess i haven't come that far in 50 years......

 

1953- Studebaker Champion

 

1988 dodge dakota first car i ever drove and i was 10

 

1984 Dodge Colt 4 door hatchback. AKA The Gutless Wonder. My mom hired some druck crack head to put a new engine in it for her. The POS never made it over 60mph. I did how ever take it to a flea market and charge people $5 for two swing with a sledge hammer. I ended up making about $800 bucks off that thing!

 

'48 Chevy pickup on my familys farm, i was around 10-11 yrs old.

 

62 Vette 327 / 340 hp

 

1971 ford P/U three on the tree with overdrive. First car period. Dad said i had to learn to drive that before i could drive anything else.

 

with me and a lot of older guys it would be what was the first automatic you drove

 

My brothers '53 Pontiac. He was teaching me to drive, I must have been about 14...

 

1953 Dodge 4 door sedan w/3 on the tree !

 

Ma's 60 ford 6 / 3 on the tree.