first manual car you ever drove?

65 chevrolet truck.

 

'57 Chevy 6cylinder 3 speed on the column.
The next one was better, '68 SS Camaro 4 speed 350 alot more fun!

 

10 yrs old, but not a car. Hyster forklift.

 

An old Toyota Landcruiser that belonged to my cousin.

 

Bell telephone 1961 rambler american pd. 35.00 for it when I was 13

 

My parents '62 Bel Air wagon. 235 with 3 speed on the column w/overdrive.
I tried to slow down for a corner by downshifting like I'd read about guys doing and nearly went in the ditch. I didn't know overdrives freewheeled unless locked out.

 

79 Trans Am,3 weeks before I got my 55 Chevy with the 3 spd

 

early 70's VW Thing. Now you know why I'm not all there, lol.

 

1949 Ply. I was 10 years old! 1957. My Dad could not believe it when I drove it as if I was driving for years. I was truly a car nut.

 

65 F100 with a 300 and a 3 on the tree. Figured if I could learn to drive with no power steering, brakes, have it 3 on the tree Id be able to drive anything.

 

'49 Chevy 3100 when I was 15.

 

1959 mga

 

A 1975 Austin Allegro with the famed square steering wheel. Ex Brits will know what they look like.

 

1941 Plymouth coupe at the age of 14. Put 150 miles on it in the one dead end block we lived on.

Bobbyd

 

The first stick was a 49 IH pickup with a very non-syncro tranny.

 

57 Chevy drag car, 283, muncie, cheater slicks, not registered. It had class winner stickers from Maple Grove PA all over the side windows. It was my buddie's fathers car. We would take it out for rides before his father got home from work.

 

I was 16. Drove a '66 Ford Ranch wagon. 240 six, 3 on the tree, no PS. That was my Dad's DD. Told him I needed the wagon to haul a metal shop project home from school so he left it for me. I hopped in and drove it with no problems.

 

A brand new at the time '68 Bug that my parents bought. The gearshift actually broke off while my mom was driving it. The car was a POS and was eventually traded in on a new '72 Ford.

 

1968 road runner 383/ 4speed cammmed up headers @ glass packs x brother inlaws , at time was dateing sister he was stationed at air base 20 miles from house he taught me how to drive so he could neck with her in backseat. still want a pistol grip shifter !!!

 

91 geo metro.

 

1949 Chevy Grain Truck w/ 2 speed rear end when I was 14. Grandpa needed drivers, and I was old enough so I got a crash course in driving stick shift which was a pain with the 2 speed rear end.

 

Grandpa's 67 C10 with a 6 cyl, 3 on a tree, no PB, no PS, am radio, vinyl seat, rubber mat farm truck.

I was 13.

It made my older cousin jealous, but I don't think Grandpa thought he was responsible enough.

 

73 dodge pos van.. Slant six three on the tree... Paid 50 bucks drove it in a field for 2 months before I got it on the road... Love the smell of the grass cooking on the exhaust..

 

Somebody else's! That's the first rule of how to drive a manual... Owned three since, including my '49.

 

Truck.......89 Dodge half ton with a 3 on the tree
Car..........64 Karman Ghia 4 on the floor

 

When I was 6 - Simplicity lawn tractor, with two speeds. And, YES, I shifted the damn thing!!

48 IH Farmall Cub was next. Full on 3 speed, left side shift with hand throttle. I shifted that thing, TOO!!!

48 Crosley was first car with stick, then '65 Mustang 'vert, and on and on...right up to a Mack truck.

Cosmo

 

I think it was a O/T jeep cherokee... Then the 59 chevy p/u I drove for a couple years in high school.

 

My dad's 1958 Willys M38A1 when I was 12. The seat wasn't adjustable, so I put a pillow behind me so I could reach the pedals.

 

When i was 16 my older brother had a 1974 GMC shortbed. I taught myself to drive it in about a half hour, then took him for a ride.

 

My first stick was also my first car. 1990 Mustang LX. 2.3 four banger. slow as hell but is and always will be my baby! haha
My dad's got her now. I killed the engine in high school and the replacement we found has issues. So much stuff to do....some day I'll get around to it and get her back!