A lot of the old stuff 30's thru 50's even into the 60's specially trucks where hard ta change gears cuzz of the lack of synchro's
so you would get her movin and when ya went to 2nd you'd push the clutch in bring the shifter to nuetral let the clutch out so the in put shaft would gain engine speed push the clutch back in and go on to second. That about right STREETS ???