WWII,
they probably called em "LORRIES"
and there weren't no 15 spd boxes then.
Just a 12y.o kid learning to drive a grocery truck (w/o a clutch) while the
big lads fought 'the hun'.
>From: "David Ramsey" <dwramsey@worldnet.att.net>
>To: "andy webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
>CC: spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: synchro
>Date: Fri, 30 Apr 99 09:38:40 PDT
>
>I don't know what war you were talking about, but on the road ranger 15
>speed on most trucks here I never used the clutch to shift up or down only
>to start off. To shift up you just flip it to neutral and wait for the
>speeds of the gears to match and it slips right in. To down shift you blip
>the throttle till they do the same. Never tried it in a sprite, but a
>double clutch into first at speed works fine, I even still do it sometimes
>with the 5-speed, old habits are hard to break.
> Crash
>
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