The Life and Times of a Car Person
Aug 09, 2021
3 minutes
BY HARRY WHITAKER
LAKE VILLA, ILLINOIS
when I first began thinking about cars. As I recall, it was while riding in my family’s light blue 1941 Ford two-door sedan. When nestled in the front seat between Mom and Dad, I would watch my father operate the column-mounted shifter (three on the tree, as it’s known now). I watched him shift from gear to gear using his feet to work the clutch and gas pedals. There was virtually no speed change as the manual transmission
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