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Re: [TR] Crash Gear Box

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Subject: Re: [TR] Crash Gear Box
From: Dave1massey@cs.com
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:48:22 EDT
In a message dated 6/15/2010 1:52:13 PM Central Daylight Time, 
KingsCreekTrees@aol.com writes: 
> You are right; a crash gearbox is one with no synchromesh, like the one I 
>  
> learned to drive on; 1926 Bentley 3-litre boattail. Other quirks of that 
> car 
> were an outside gearchange, the throttle pedal in the middle, clutch on 
> the  left, brake on the right. Driving a conventional car after that was a 
>  
> nightmare...
> 
 I guess driving anything after a 1926 Bentley 3-Litre Boattail would be a 
nightmare.  Or at least a little bit dull.

;-)

Dave

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