PM vs DM

Even better, hand them a $20 and 3 quarters. LOL. I remember back when LOL meant "lots of luck".

 

I do it all the time.

 

DM, PM, they're interchangeable, like bubbletop and Chevys of a certain era...

 

Did this really happen or is it just having fun with us?

 

For the record I’ve driven a 4 on the tree.

 

A Borgward?

 

I gave up trying to argue with cashiers , if you argue , it slows up the line , if you try to tell a manager , the cashier gets canned .

 

A Renault Dauphine

 

What were you being punished for?

 

Well, you see....

 

I had 2 of those fine POS got great milage but both had floor shifters…engines were in the back..

 

Why wait?

 

Nah, it's not going to turn into FB. However, I kind of look at this place as the garage, or gas station or anywhere that we congregated as young guys. We could hash out problems, whether it was cars, girls, going into the service or whatever. We could joke and play tricks on each other as well, but the over-riding priority was learning to get the cars to run better or look better. Sometimes the stuff on here might be a little tasteless or immature, but it just means that most of us haven't lost our sense of humor. I miss being in the garage with a bunch of other guys, this is the closest that I have to that.

 

If there is light beer in the shop fridge it's not a real shop, it's just a "man cave".

 

There is no such thing as "light beer", just as real coffee isn't "decaffeinated".

 

Here's more useless crap to read. Before the days of "light beer", late '60s, we would jump over the border and make the 1/2 hour or so scoot to Toledo where the drinking age was 18 and ours was 21.
The Peppermint Lounge had what was called 3-2 beer, whatever that was. It had a much lower alcohol content and it earned the moniker of "training beer" by us Canucks who were accustomed to a more potent brew. Your light beer has to be a step up from that 3-2?

 

You can’t even say the word tranny anymore around here or the children will get offended and start yelling at us older folks. They think they invented the word. Alls we were talking about is Muncie transmissions!

 

jimmy six,
I also had 2 Renault Dauphines, a '61 with 3 on the floor and a '63 push button auto!
No place but the HAMB where 2 guys could say that!
I also had a 4 on the tree '63 Mercedes 230.

 

Another life long mystery solved.

 

My 68 Saab had 4 on the tree and a free wheel lever so the car would idle when you let of the gas! Gary

 

I remember 3-2 beer in Denver Colorado. It was 1975 visit to Denver. A few clubs open for young folks with 3-2 beer only. I was over 21 , so I could buy the thicker beer. LOL

 

On the Ford Econoline Van/pickup a three-speed manual was standard, with a Dagenham four-speed manual introduced for 1963 and discontinued in 1964. Thus 4 on the tree for a HAMB friendly Ford vehicle.

 

I guess I was waiting for a final WTF about 3 on the tree. Nobody knows why that became a thing? Really? "Stick or automatic?"
"Stick."
"4 on the floor?"
"No 3 on the tree."

I learned that long before I even had a license, Dad and his pals all called it that, it was on or the other. Then there was the good ol bravado, "I got a 4 on the floor and a fifth under the seat." Never heard that one either? Maybe I'm older than I think...