Hot Rods How many are running a stick?

Everything that I own has a stick shift. Even my O.T. daily driver 84 S-10. It was an automatic when i bought it, and the first thing that I did was swap in a T5 5 speed.

Each car has a Muncie 4 speed. The 59 GMC has a Saginaw 4 speed, with the 3.5 first gear. The 55 Cameo has an original 3 speed overdrive with a Hurst Syncro-Loc floor shift.

 

Here's a video from a couple of years ago.

Glory Days 2020 John Clothier vs Chuck Clothier - YouTube

 

My old man Rambler has one.

My Chevy II kind of has one...no clutch pedal, but I still have to shift every gear.

 

I have a stick trans in my car also . It’s in the rumble seat at the moment .

 

How’s this 1940 Chevrolet with a Richmond 2.88 low gear 4 speed behind a 52 302 GMC. Original Gasser built by Blair’s in Pasadena in 1962. From the mid 70’s thru the mid 90’s set speed records on El Mirage and Bonneville. Now a street legal hot rod in Huntington Beach.

 

My hot rods are at 50/50, but my wife's car is an auto (has a turbo and a floor shift, does that count?).
The coupe is a 5 speed, for as long as my left knee will allow it (some days are pretty rough).
My truck has an auto, but there is a functioning shift stick on the floor, its for the 2x4 to 4x4 change, plus my wife does drive it occasionally (you wouldn't want to witness her driving a manual trans).

 

To me stick shift shifts are the essence of hot rodding/racing, Ive run a muncie m20, Doug Nash street 5 speed, Hemi 833 adaped to chevy from liberty's gears, a G Force T-101 4 speed, and now a super t-10 iron cased 2.64 4 speed. Quickest ever was 9.63 at 141 with the G Force.

 

Here are mine that are manual

 

My senior year in high school. Close to graduation time. We were in the hallway. My buddy Rick and a couple of mutual friends of ours approached me. Somebody said to me, "Hey Rick... Rick can make his automatic transmission sound like a stick shift!" Rick had a self-satisfied smile on his face.

Obviously, we were young and didn't know a lot, but trying to do cool or at least fun things, you know.

I was never a big talker. Certainly didn't make a habit of talking down to anybody or one-upmanship. And I didn't even own a car with a 4-speed. But I saw the perfect opportunity.

I responded... (with a smile)
"Well... I can make my 4-speed sound like an automatic."
They kind of looked at me for a couple seconds, blinked a couple times, then with nods of recognition, started making sounds of awe.
Like, "Oh...oooooooh..."
They all walked away impressed. Except for Rick. He walked away looking defeated.
I only meant it as a joke.

 

I’d like to see more of this. Lots of “out of the box” thinking going on here. What engine is that?

 

MY COUPE HAS A M21 MUNCIE. PLAN ON KEEPING IT AS LONG AS MY BAD KNEE WILL HOLD UP. HAVE A TURBO 400, FOR WHEN THE TIME COMES. IT'S SO MUCH FUN WITH THE STICK THOUGH....

 

That is a Mercruiser 470 engine, they come with a 460 head. I have used a Boss 429 head. Injector is Arias big block chevy. Its mechanical, pump running off the end of the cam. It has lots and lots of custom made parts.

 

Stick shifts are cool, period !!
My wife's Lark with a 4-speed
My Model A with a 3-speed column
My '62 when I opened the door for the first time since 1976....... Notice the "overdrive" handle..
An 8BA/3-SpdOD with a home made shifter and "ball" from the '50's... looking for a car to live in...

 

Converted my ‘52 Tudor from Fordomatic to 3spd; when I was 13. Haven’t changed my ways yet. See my signature line…

 

Richmond T-10 in the roadster, stock 4 speed in OT 356 and stock 3 speed with overdrive in Ranchwagon. My Model A has an AT.

 

Both Tri Fives rock 4 speeds. Taboo has a M20 Muncie and the 55 has a T10

 

Does it really matter what transmission is in your car if you don't drive it???

 

Like me you have a girls car! HRP

 

Can you tell us how you made shifter handle Never mind i re-read your post! sorry about that

 

My hot ass wife does love it, so I guess it is

 

Running a Tremec TK-600 5-speed.

 

Dang Your living the good life , I see

 

Nice truck

 

Yep you have the sickness

 

T5 behind 250 six 9"

 

Only had 12 cars in my life and never had an automatic...
<--- This one has an A-5 (Astro Performance) 5-speed.

 

Ummm yes, of course!