sounds like stick shift propelled you on to greater experiences in motor vehicles.
(No power steering on that 67 must have been a bear.)
I learned to drive on a stick shift in a 55 chevy. It propelled me to staying away from stick-shifts. my bug was a super beetle and had an auto-stick shift.
Most farm kids learn to drive early. My daughter was driving a tractor and raking hay at nine. The ‘67 pickup was a bear, but I loved driving it. I came home from work one day and there was a man there to buy it. My husband sold it to him because his teenage boys wanted one to restore. It was the old short-bed step-side models. I miss that old truck! I drove it for several years before he sold it out from under me. 🙄
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