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427carl


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70 SS ACADIAN wrote:

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8 standard

20 auto

         28 vehicles   and he won't show them to his buddies here on CP    no 

not one of them is any where near as nice as your 2 speed power glide 66wink 

         oh ya ?        Show us the 10 big block SS  B-Body cars you have 



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Here's a short story. Both our girls learnt to drive on whatever was in the driveway. Usually a full size car and a pickup/van.
The youngest actually took the practical test for her "big" license with an extended cab pickup. Examiner's comment was " most people don't show up with one of these "

Anyways when the oldest graduated with her BA and MA it was time for her first new car. She ordered a 2001 Toyota Celica GT with a standard transmission. " It's not really a sportscar if it doesn't have a standard transmission " was her reasoning. Present car Volkswagen Tourareg.

Youngest graduates with BSc and MA and orders a 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse with a standard shifter. Same reasoning. Present car - Jaguar XF.

Dad did manage to take the sportscars for a few spins.

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427carl wrote:

70 SS ACADIAN wrote:

full count

8 standard

20 auto

         28 vehicles   and he won't show them to his buddies here on CP    no 

not one of them is any where near as nice as your 2 speed power glide 66wink 

         oh ya ?        Show us the 10 big block SS  B-Body cars you have 

I pulled all the big block floor shifts out and installed in line 6s with power glides, column shifts. Very hard to find this stuff, most people through out these parts 



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70 SS ACADIAN wrote:
427carl wrote:

70 SS ACADIAN wrote:

full count

8 standard

20 auto

         28 vehicles   and he won't show them to his buddies here on CP    no 

not one of them is any where near as nice as your 2 speed power glide 66wink 

         oh ya ?        Show us the 10 big block SS  B-Body cars you have 

I pulled all the big block floor shifts out and installed in line 6s with power glides, column shifts. Very hard to find this stuff, most people through out these parts 

 Now your talking !



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Time to update this

Post what youve got.
Mine is the same just one less Comet.

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Bus tokens, all buses Automaticscry



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3 three pedals, Tacoma, Parisienne, vw Passat tdi (45-50 mpg).

 

100%.



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Sorry -all automatics. I've failed you guys. no



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Todd, if you need it, I can get one of my daughters to give you some 3 pedal lessons, or my wife.

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Now now! My first stick was a 65 Galaxie 500xl with a 390/ toploader. That was in 1987

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Canadian Poncho wrote:

Now now! My first stick was a 65 Galaxie 500xl with a 390/ toploader. That was in 1987

 Were talking real cars here Todd, no Fords here now. Although the 17 year old daughter did enjoy a 5 speed SHO and V6 5 speed Mystique. 



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1990 corolla wagon 5 speed
1969 Pontiac 2+2 auto
2017 ram auto
1969 parisienne auto
and the newest addition im unsher of the year yet because i have not draged it out of the guys bush yet 1960 /1969 i believe body style . 4 speed
list of cars i currently own not passed vehicles and the order in witch i got them.
3 autos 2 manual

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Sorry, all automatics here also. I have owned several manuals over the years but not currently. Even my 49 Pontiac is a hydramatic! The one I liked the most was my 1989 GMC 1/2 ton with a 6.2 diesel and a five speed manual. Not peppy but almost 30 mpg.

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Wife dont drive so Im the official chauffeur of the family.

2019 Sierra Elevation Auto
2009 Fleetwood Bounder 35e. Auto
2006 HD Streetbob Obviously standard
1965 Acadian Beaumont Custom. Auto

Id prefer the Acadian to be a standard but I wont change it from original.
But auto has less parts that can break.

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I wouldnt agree that the manual has more parts that can break, in about 1.5 million kms of driving manuals, I had 1 bearing failure at about 200,000 kms on one car I owned. And they are fixable, unlike the new automatics, many of those are not repairable by a dealer.

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Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
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Here is my tally :

Daily drivers are all AT ( 4 Runner , Tacoma , FJ Cruiser)

Toys : 4 - 4spd ( 69 Biscayne , 69 SS427, 69 2+2 , 69 Chevelle wagon )
1 - AT ( 60 GMC )

Total : 4 Automatic
4 Manual trans

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Find myself migrating away from manuals as I get older. Even wrangled a Taurus SHO 5-speed as my first company car, back in the day. Now, putting my '62 Impala SS coupe up for sale, the last three-pedal car in a "fleet" that used to be composed of more stick shifts than slushboxes. More recent departures included a '65 Corvette restomod with a 6-speed, '65 Corvette roadster with an M20, '65 Mustang GT vert with a toploader.

Also seeking a/c, p/s, pdb, and other modern driving accessories, where I prized originality for so long.

In other news, got the Beaumont running, again - defective in-tank Holley fuel pump. The replacement they sent me is actually for a 600 hp application; the one I bought was for 450 hp, which is all this mild BBC needed. Next up - Dakota Digital cruise module. Was thinking about taking her down to the Crusin the Coast event, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the first week of October, but probably will put that off for a year... ;)

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unruhjonny


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wow - this thread was dead for roughly six years!

I wouldn't have any automatics, if not for buying the only "cool" truck my grandfather ever had;

1970 Pontiac Firebird = 3 pedals
1991 Pontiac Grand Am = 3 pedals
1992 Chevrolet K1500 = 2 pedals
2008 Dodge Caliber = 3 pedals
2009 Chevrolet Cobalt (coupe) = 3 pedals
2009 Chevrolet Cobalt (sedan) = 3 pedals

That works out to roughly 83% manual transmission.

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