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Now normally, I wouldn't take a picture of a late model
car at a show that's for early model cars, but there happens to be a
story behind them. The two Ford Mustangs belong to a local Ford
dealership, and once the guys dropped them off, they both needed
a ride back to work. I just happen to be walking around and bumped into the guy that
was putting on the show. And he asked me if I could drive the two guys back to
the dealership. The first question I asked was, "which car do I get to
drive?". A quick response was, "not the Cobra, the GT". Oh well, the GT
it is.
Now it's been awhile since I've driven a stick car and it showed while I
was exiting the parking lot because I stalled it. One of the guys was on
my case and said, "what's wrong with you, your not going to hurt it,
let's go".
I took it easy on our way to their destination but once they were out
of the car, this is when I thought to myself, how often do I get a
chance to drive one of these? Never is the answer.
When I came to my first stop sign, I decided to see just how rusty I
really was with clutch. Well it turns out I wasn't that out of shape
after all because I was able to get rubber in second and third gear. And
I wanted to be sure that my "speed shifting" skills were still in tacked
as well, so I laid the peddle on the floor and slammed through the gears
again. I
figured the worst that could happen would be a missed gear but low and
behold, I didn't have a box full of neutrals after all because I hit every
shift like I drove a stick car every day. And if you want to know how it
ran, that answer would be...not to bad. Maybe next year they'll let me
drive the Cobra!!
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