Ha! That sound like me…
My older brother had a VW Beetle when I was in middle school. He played baseball in the afternoons after school and shared rides with a buddy. That means I was home after school by myself with the Beetle, which I would carefully sneak out and drive around our neighborhood. Understand that I had been doing farm work since I was about 12, so I had rudimentary experience with manual transmissions, just no over the road experience. I probably did this off and on when possible over 2-3 years. When my Dad helped me buy my first car, a two-door 1970 Ford Maverick with a “three on the tree”, he took me around our block in the car while explaining how to drive a stick. I got behind the wheel and within one or two circuits of the neighborhood was driving it easily. Dad was convinced he was the world’s absolute best driving teacher after that, despite giving me the funny eyeball when remarking about how quickly I picked up the skill. I never told him about the Beetle. Hee. I did, however, tell my brother some years later. -D > On Sep 11, 2023, at 12:26 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > At about 7 years old, I learned to drive utilizing my grandfather’s 1946 > International K5 grain truck. I must have picked it up quickly because I was > almost instantly called upon to teach my older cousins how to drive something > so they could be useful on the place. > > AZBob > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Sep 11, 2023, at 7:45 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> When I was a kid my great uncles had an International KB7 potato truck. It >> was post war, well all KB trucks were post war, maybe a '47, I forget >> exactly. >> >> That one you turned the ignition with a dime. I don't remember why but only >> a dime would work right, the diameter and thickness were perfect, no other >> coin would fit the notch and turn the ignition. >> >> -Curt >> >> >> On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 03:18:49 PM EDT, dan penoff.com via >> Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Note the custom key in the ignition switch! >> >> <https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/tarpon-springs-1929-international-ton/7664490880.html> >> [00o0o_2AR3kreIBnb_0CI0i5_600x450.jpg] >> 1929 International 6 speeder for sale by owner - Tarpon Springs, FL - >> craigslist<https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/tarpon-springs-1929-international-ton/7664490880.html> >> tampa.craigslist.org<https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/tarpon-springs-1929-international-ton/7664490880.html> >> >> -D >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
