Thread: 1974 Mustang II Build

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+ 1 on what Bob said.

By the time I got my first standard car (57 Chevy with a hot water 6), I had been riding dirt bikes with manuals for several years, so the clutch\throttle modulation learning curve was much easier. I had also been helping my grandpa out around his place and running his old winch truck. Kids now days have it a lot tougher, nearly all vehicles come with some form of auto. Even the the ubiquitous 4 wheelers that are many kids first motorized vehicle are all auto.

Cade will have a driving skill that probably less that 10% of kids his age will ever have. Driving a manual is such a rare skill now, that car thieves have even skipped over manual cars because they can't drive them.