Can anyone still

Cigarguy · 2025-06-16T10:24:52-04:00

Cars - Can anyone still Drive one of these (45 replies).

Drive one of these

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ElwoodBlues · M

Sure, as long as it's a transmission with synchro rings (AKA synchromesh). They became common for all gears in the 1960s; prior to that only some gears were synchronized, and I don't know if I've ever driven one of those.

supersnipe · 61-69, M

@ElwoodBlues There were millions of cars on the road in the UK when I was growing up with no synchromesh on first gear (from Minis to Jags!) You didn't notice that much unless you had to select first gear on the move, which was comparatively rare. I had fun practising on my 1956 Standard!

Adeptlinguist · M

@supersnipe I remember double declutching on an ancient Rover…