Mickey7Mar 13

Simple, Stupid, and it always works

https://lemmy.world/post/44220257

Show threadRememberTheApollo_Mar 15

I’m old enough to have owned a car with one of these:

Show threadimacatnotaman
i’m old enough to have owned a truck that had one of those that was also a manual transmission.
Mar 15 at 7:44pmWeb
Show threadRememberTheApollo_Mar 15
That’s the point. This is three on the tree. Not an automatic column shifter.
Show threadimacatnotamanMar 15
lol whoosh
Show threadimacatnotamanMar 15
What was yours? Mine was a 70s F150. When we rebuilt it, we converted it to a floor shifter. I miss the days when you could just pull out a torch and cut a hole in your floorboards and make such an adjustment
Show threadRememberTheApollo_Mar 15
‘72 Bronco. Wish I still had it. They go for stupid money these days.
Show threadimacatnotamanMar 15
Nice! My favorite was my 1976 Chevy Blazer. Same. However, my dad is a hoarder, and I can still see it in the field behind his house on Google Earth.
Show threadRememberTheApollo_Mar 15
Aw, poor car. Probably cost too much to rebuild.
Show threadimacatnotamanMar 15
yeah, especially since it’s been on its side for about 20 years and is now at least halfway buried. oh, and he sold the motor long ago.
Show threadRememberTheApollo_Mar 15
Ugh. Cheaper to start with one half-fixed up than deal with that.
Show threadimacatnotamanMar 15
Yeah. That route also doesn’t require me to speak with a Qanon MAGA crazy person.
Show threadRememberTheApollo_Mar 15
Not many cars are worth that.
Show threadimacatnotamanMar 15
maybe the batmobile
Show threadRememberTheApollo_Mar 15
The OG one.
Show threadimacatnotamanMar 15
obv