[Responsibility2nd]

All kids today need to learn to drive on a 1960 Chevy Bel Air. With a 3 on the tree, no power steering, drum brakes that will stop (eventually) in less a mile, no air conditioning or power anything.

A car that corners slightly better than a mobile home and that will reach 60 mph - in a minute or so.

Yep. IF they learn to drive a beast like that - then they can drive anything.

[Mears]

I learned to drive on a 1961 Ford Fairlane convertible.

The first time I used it I alone I had the top down.

It started to pour and I didn’t have a clue how to get the top up.

A nice guy gave me a hand.

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[stylin19a]

my uncle had a 59 Chevy Bel Air ( almost forever) exactly as you described the 60.
They had 6 kids. 8 people and a dog in that car -

[Cowman]

All kids today need to learn to drive on a 1960 Chevy Bel Air. With a 3 on the tree, no power steering, drum brakes that will stop (eventually) in less a mile, no air conditioning or power anything.

I learned on one of these. Split shifting from 2nd high to 4th low was sublime once you mastered it

[pa_dweller]

Yep. IF they learn to drive a beast like that - then they can drive anything.

I failed my first driver's test in our '60 Impala - like steering the Titanic. Passed it next time in my aunt's Corvair!