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Old 09-24-2006, 12:56 PM   #37 (permalink)
BigTruck1956
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Location: norcal
I drove a pickup for a few years that had an unsynchronized first gear. Once i figured the double clutching out, it was fairly easy to operate. It was still a pain in the ass to go through the motions in order to downshift though.


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Originally Posted by bodypainter
I imagine many on this board have never drove a stick shift car so old, but cars didn't used to have synchros in first gear. You had to come to a complete stop to downshift to first.

It sucked.
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