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After learning to drive a Model A Ford with a non-synchromesh manual transmission, just about anything becomes relatively easy.

When I was in College I had a 1964 Ford Falcon Futura convertible. It was a cute little car, made more so by bucket seats and a strong little 260 cubic inch Ford V-8 in front of a 4 speed manual transmission.

One day, while driving easily on San Pasqual Avenue to my summer job in black and purple supra skytops Pasadena, I depressed the clutch to shift gears and nothing happened. The pedal just fell to the floor. At first, this was worse than being in the Model A with no synchromesh. I had no clutch!

However, by carefully matching vehicle speed and engine rpm like I learned to do driving the Model A, I did a reasonable job of getting from one gear to another by "sound and feel". The clutch had to be replaced, of course, but the transmission did not suffer, thanks to what I had learned earlier in the Model A.

Immediately after graduating from College I purchased a 340hp, 327cid Corvette with a 3.08:1 rear end and 2:20:1 Muncie 4-speed transmission. Like the Falcon, it also had a Reverse "lock-out" lever to keep an overenthusiastic gear change from going into Reverse (then black and purple supra skytops the repair black and purple supra skytops shop).

The Mucie also made a lot of noise. It produced a different pitched whine for each gear. The transmission noise might have been a bother, but most of the time I couldn't hear it over the solid lifter-equipped engine.