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On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:37:32 +1100, "Nev.." <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote: >Kevin Gleeson wrote: >> On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:44:20 -0700 (PDT), theo Snip >> In 1977 I learned to drive in a 1956 MG Magnette saloon. No synchro in >> first and a bitch to get back from 3rd to 2nd so learned double >> declutching at the age of 17. >> >> A couple of years later I had turbocharged my MkII Escort and as there >> were few aftermarket turbo installs back then we had quite a few >> problems to solve. One was getting the clutch to hold the horsepower >> (we ended up get a sawblade machined to said use) and then getting the >> cable clutch to stop ripping the cable mount out of the firewall, >> leaving me to drive to the workshop with no clutch at all quite a few >> times til we got firewall mounts and cables sorted that could take the >> strain. Was interesting getting through city (admittedly only >> Launceston) by switching the engine off at lights then engaging first >> and diving off the line on the starter motor then clutchless changes >> after that. >> >> On a similar vein, I was in Port Sorell on NE Coast of Tas a couple of >> years ago in a cheapo Daewoo Espero [1] I had bought after I got back >> from the UK. I was turning off the main highway and dropped back to >> second. It appears that as I did that a pin dropped out f the gearbox >> and I was then stuck in second gear. 100km from home. With no money. >> >> I was there to visit a friend so got to her place and carefully >> selected where to park the car. I still had clutch but this thing had >> quite tall gearing and I had to ride the clutch like a mad bastard to >> get it going again (like, tall enough to travel back to Lonny at >> 100-110 km/h without too uch stress) and then time the lights in the >> city centre without having to stop. I had to select a route where I >> was not going to have to stop at lights that equired an uphill start >> or there was no way I would get it going. And Launceston is full of >> hills. >> >> I will admit to coming in from a direction that put me near my >> favourite pub near a slight downhill incline and parking the car there >> and going for a couple of beers and waiting for what there is of >> Launceston's peak hour to die down. Good excuse eh? >> >> Kev >> >> [1] A surprisingle good car actually. About 6 years old, fully >> equipped with everything electrical and handled and went surprisingly >> well. I'd poo-poo'd them in the past, but won't again. It's the model >> that looks a bit like the older Subaru iberty. > >Watching all you guys trying to pretend you can >clutchless-double-synchroless-declutch-gearchange better than GWD is >just pathetic you know  Didn't actually pick up on this thread til quite late so didn't know that it was a bitchfight actually :-P Just brought back old memories. The other car my parents had at the time was a 351 Fairlane auto. Fairlane? That was the top of the line thingy wasn't it. I was allowed to park the cars in he driveway but once I got my Ls I went out at first in the auto to get used to traffic for a couple of days, then got quite a learning curve on the MG in road conditions. No synchro in first didn't matter in the driveway :-) I also recall a system they set up around 1980 called "Dial a Driver". Was handy if you went out somewhere and then decided to drink. You could dial up this dude and he and his wife would turn up and he'd drive you home and his wife would follow. Only about 20-30% more than a taxi from memory and better than eaving the car in town. He hated the MG if I occasionally was using that, but by then I had my own cars and rarely used the MG. Kev |
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On Mar 22, 10:19*pm,
YnRAaHVtYmxldG93bi5vcmc=@REGISTERED_USER_usenet.co m.au (BT Humble) wrote: > Nev.. wrote: > > Of course you give a FF. *You didn't post an unsolicited blow by blow > > description of how to double clutch gearchange a truck without a clutch > > in a motorcycle newsgroup so that people _wouldn't_ read it and be > > impressed with your 4wesome skillZ. * > > I read it because I'm intrigued with these blokes who claim to have grown > up on a farm in the grip of appalling poverty who nonetheless always seem > to have had free and unfettered access to a dozen motor vehicles, > motorbikes, go-karts, etc. I don't seem to recall mentioning appalling poverty (although in fact we had a stint of that when the drought kicked in and for a number of years in the aftermath). As for the go kart I mentioned - a welder and a few meters of pipe created the frame, the initial wheels were wheel barrow wheels (they did get upgraded later) and the first motor was ex a chainsaw (175cc 2 stroke), the seat was an office chair with the legs cut off (later upgraded to a bucket seat out of a wrecked car) - all stuff my father had in the back shed. Yes it got upgraded over time, but never at much cost - the most expensive part was the $15 my dad paid for a 350cc bike motor out of a wreck to put in it (Uncle owned a bike shop and $15 was a lot more money in the late 70s than it is now...). > While my own family's farm wasn't what I'd call "wealthy", I can't recall > it exceeding 1 car, 1 truck, 1 tractor and 1 motorbike. *To be fair I did > of course have a bicycle, which was about 40 years old at the time. Most every farm in our area had multiple vehicles of all types - most of them very old. And multiple non working ones for parts. We had had 3 E series Holdens for example in the 70's - only one of which ran - the other 2 were parts cars... JL |
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