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Old 08-23-2016, 04:42 PM   #19
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Reminds me of back-in-the-day, on the farm, my mother wanted to borrow my 1948 Chevrolet, with a perfect grill, to go into town. It was parked in the barn, right up to a bench. I always parked my car in first gear. The starter switch was on the floorboard to the right of the gas pedal. She was used to driving an automatic.

Yep, so much for my perfect OEM grill .........

Picture for the young-ens ......


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Once moved the 58 Chev from the road into the driveway on the starter alone. Anybody that drove MT before the invention of the clutch starter lockout probably has at least one tale of woe.
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