Perhaps not if properly tuned.
I learned to drive on my dad’s old Dodge 60s-something van, with a three on the tree tranny. The one with the engine between the seats.
That thing backfired like crazy, sometimes with flame shooting a foot out of the tailpipe.
Never had another car that did it, but don’t tell me it can’t happen.
You just reminded me of the time I lived in San Francisco.