When I first met my (future) 2nd wife - she came complete with every Ren and Stimpy episode (on VCR - no DVDs back then) - talk about love at first sight!

I would dearly overpay to have another 1971 RX-2

I had one just like this - 48mpg on carburetion!

‘65 Olds F-85

Drum major? How about drum brakes?

My hope of grid walruses dashed upon the rocks...

I grew up there, left in ‘73 and am still trying to thaw out.

Here’s my hero...

Having grown up driving three and four speed manuals, I remember when a 5 speed was a novelty. Then they became commonplace. I’ve had two six speeds and they both seemed like one too many gears. I would usually skip a gear or two when upshifting. 5 is just right by me...

My favorite long throw was the one in my ‘91 Scottsdale

Four easy payments!

I can’t believe all the serious comments to such a delightfully silly article.

I totally agree with you take about the shifter being the most fun part of any manual transmission vehicle. I have fond memories of many of my past cars based on that interaction alone.

Exactly - as a person who values my freedom over safety, I appear to be in the minority these days.

When my dad used to continually ask me that “jump off a bridge” question, my internal dialog was always “ of course I would - they’re my friends” but fortunately I never voiced it.

My ‘66 Bel Air had that as well

Was hoping for glovebox temp gauge. As regards vacuum gauge, that used to be handy back in the day of carburetors for tuning purposes.

myself included... excellent comment!