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Growing up on the farm, I don't count the tractors, as you could really start them in any gear and go from there.
When sister #3 (4 years older) was practicing for her license, she got me to go through the same drills. Our driveway was a large "T" shape, so the procedure was to back into the stem of the T, drive to the end of the lane, back up to the garage, drive into the stem, back to the end of the lane and drive to the garage. If you did it right, you could up-shift on that last bit.
The car was a '62 Acadian, Canadian Pontiac version of the Chevy II, with a '3 on the tree'. You quickly got a real good feel for the clutch. Sometimes we used the Chev p/u, also a six with 3 on the tree.
The best part was, you were reversing as much as driving ahead, so that part in Drivers' Ed. was a snap and later, when I worked on a large farm with several dual-wheel stake body trucks, I could put them anywhere.
Hmmm. That's a few years ago.
Les
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My train of thought has been replaced by a bumper car.
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