When Did You Drive Your First.....................

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First time driving was sitting in my Mom's lap and learning to drive in a 1956 Chevy.

Sears parking lot at night, I was 6 or 7.

She read a newspaper story about a little kid that took over for his Dad when he had a heart attack behind the wheel of a big rig.

The way she figured it, better I know how to drive, than not.

First car I ever owned was a 70's Chevy station wagon.


The first time driving a stick was before I had a license in Louisiana. A white Valiant that someone had cobbled in a floor shifter.
The floor was so rusted out that "everything" just flopped around, sometimes it took several minutes of jerking back and forth and left to right to find first gear. After you were off and rolling things were a bit better.

And you had to pump the brakes about 5 or 6 times before they started to work.

I offered to my Aunt that I to drive it to school,(11th grade), and try to weld some supports, or something, anything, to make things work better.

That morning,(Murphy's Law), there was a big fat sheriff stopping cars, then letting 5 or 6 go through in a group.

I actually prayed that I would be part of a group, but no, just as the car in front of me passed him he put up his hand for me to stop.

I couldn't get the car out of gear or pump the brakes fast enough, everything was happening at once.

I almost ran him over, I would have if he didn't jump out of the way.

I never saw someone so big move that fast,....LOL

I did my best to find first and get the hell out of there but no luck, I was still pulling and jerking that clapped out floor shifter when he opened the door and jerked me out of the car.

I was arrested, my Aunt left work & came down and picked me up at the cop shop, being a nurse she knew most the cops in town, she flirted with them a little and they let me go.

The towing bill was more than that pile was worth, so that was the last of that car.


First four speed was a friends VW bug.

First muscle car was as a passenger in a friend's Corvette Stingray, a small block car, I was 16 or 17.

The second was a lime green Duster, Twister, Dart, not sure.

It was a factory four speed car and went like a bat out of hell.

My first pick up was a 1958 Ford F-100 with a six in it.


Up until my cousin gave me a water cooled 93' VW a few years back, I had never owned anything newer than that 70's station wagon.

I have never purchased a new car, and never will.

There is just too much plastic.

I prefer to own, drive, and work on "Pre Smog Law" units.

In my state that is 75' and prior.
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