Last Sunday my son and i came out of Costco and there's a couple of guys checking out the T-Bucket. I answer the usual questions for Guy Number One. Guy Number Two ask "Where's the brake pedal?" I point to the brake pedal and say "Right there". He gets this funny look on his face, points to the shifter and says "It's not a stick?". "Nope. I just chopped down the shifter handle and welded it on to the shifter linkage". I guess the chopped down Mr. Gasket handle, dice shifter knob and old Hurst shifter boot had him fooled.
Where's the brake pedal?
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donsrods
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I get that same question ALL THE TIME!
I have had more than one person say to me "Ok, I'm confused. I see a shifter but only a brake pedal, where is the clutch pedal?" I have to explain that it is a Lokar AUTOMATIC shifter, as the car has an automatic transmission.
I thought what was throwing them was my tall shifter, but in your case they should know better. I also had a guy at a rest stop say to me "Man, you really get the mileage out of your rear tires, don't you? But at least I don't see any cords showing." It took me a minute to understand that he thought I had BALD tires on the back, so I explained they are dragster slicks. I still don't think he got it.
Don
I have had more than one person say to me "Ok, I'm confused. I see a shifter but only a brake pedal, where is the clutch pedal?" I have to explain that it is a Lokar AUTOMATIC shifter, as the car has an automatic transmission.I thought what was throwing them was my tall shifter, but in your case they should know better.
I also had a guy at a rest stop say to me "Man, you really get the mileage out of your rear tires, don't you? But at least I don't see any cords showing." It took me a minute to understand that he thought I had BALD tires on the back, so I explained they are dragster slicks. I still don't think he got it.Don
hotrod preacher
"Official RRR Chaplain"
.........and they give guys like that a drivers license............
cycledog
A really rusty biker
A shifter that looks like a shifter. A truely new concept.
donsrods
Well-known member
I love some of the reactions people have when they see a hot rod. I've gotten everything from "that can't be legal" to " you need to put a flag on a pole on the back of that thing, it's so low someone is going to run over you!" I had one lady ask me what year it was and I said "1923." She said, "Wow, I didn't know cars looked like that back then!"
I love it when civilians come up and ask questions, you never know what you are going to get.
Don
I had one lady ask me what year it was and I said "1923." She said, "Wow, I didn't know cars looked like that back then!" I love it when civilians come up and ask questions, you never know what you are going to get.
Don
TiredIronGRB
Traditionalist
I run an in-line 4 speed shifter and that really throws them off.
donsrods
Well-known member
And those three master cylinders must really confuse the h out of them.
Don
Don
railroad
Well-known member
I had a couple in a BMW convertible, next to me at a red light, ask, is that thing safe. I said, safer than a motorcycle. We all laughed and agreed.
HOT40ROD
Well-known member
For at shows and cruises you should mount a bike cycle hand brake to the steering wheel and run the cable under the dash. That should get some reaction. But then again I like messing with peoples mine at those thinks. ( I get bored easy)
rustybeercan
Never met a beer he didn't like!
Just tell them this was back before cars had brakes and see what they say. And have a camera ready for their reaction! [ddd
Beercan
Beercan
CR55
It's just a little surface rust!
Yeah, tell em you Have the same brake system as Fred Flintstone!!..CR
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