A young driver, 23 years old had a car that he bought at a tent sale towed into a shop. The problem? The car was in his words a screaming deal but there was a catch. It has a standard transmission and he had no idea what that extra pedal was for and could not find the indicator that would show what gear you are in and were say reverse might be. Is this kind of thing a problem with young drivers. He not only did not know how to drive with a standard transmission he had no idea that such a setup existed.
And now you ask what was the screaming deal. The car is a 58 Corvette that looks worn out and faded and ran really bad. It's a 4-speed fuelie, a very sough after car. It was traded in at the tent sale and bought by our friend. It is absolutely original and complete and by the numbers it's a fi car. This is a matching numbers car and he paid $10k for it as is the day it was traded in to a dealer at the tent sale. They wanted to get rid of the car. His friends that came to the shop to see the car are laughing at him for buying such a piece of junk and everyone in the shop is trying to buy this jewel in the rough. I asked his friends if they knew how to drive with a standard transmission and not one of them even knew what I was talking about. All they know was that the car was a death trap because it did not have shoulder harnesses or air bags and that such an old car could not be worth anything like $10k. Their estimate of the value was off a bit because the car sold that next week for $125k. The new owner was so happy he could hardly get the kid off the to bank quick enough to get him his money. And the new owner said he could handle the clutch pedal just fine.
And now you ask what was the screaming deal. The car is a 58 Corvette that looks worn out and faded and ran really bad. It's a 4-speed fuelie, a very sough after car. It was traded in at the tent sale and bought by our friend. It is absolutely original and complete and by the numbers it's a fi car. This is a matching numbers car and he paid $10k for it as is the day it was traded in to a dealer at the tent sale. They wanted to get rid of the car. His friends that came to the shop to see the car are laughing at him for buying such a piece of junk and everyone in the shop is trying to buy this jewel in the rough. I asked his friends if they knew how to drive with a standard transmission and not one of them even knew what I was talking about. All they know was that the car was a death trap because it did not have shoulder harnesses or air bags and that such an old car could not be worth anything like $10k. Their estimate of the value was off a bit because the car sold that next week for $125k. The new owner was so happy he could hardly get the kid off the to bank quick enough to get him his money. And the new owner said he could handle the clutch pedal just fine.
