Here is an amusing old video from a Driver’s Education Class in 1954… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ7mbmNMks8 The Driver’s Ed Car is a 1949 Ford, Custom Club Coupe, known as the “Shoebox Ford.” The first major change in Automobile design after WWII… Although the title of the video has “1954”…

I took driver’s training in high school in the fallof 1957. The car was a 1957 6 cylinder manual transmission Chevrolet. My dad had taught me to drive a manual transmission and said that unless you are on a hill or pulling a trailer, shift from 1st gear to 3rd gear and skip 2nd if you aren’t luggi…

I’ll ask Bob Mitchum when I see him:grinning_face: Raise your hand if you get the reference.

[image] Triedaq: if you aren’t lugging down the engine My dad did lug the engines, my brother followed my dad’s practice. He bought an Austin Healey 3000, I don’t think he ever got to 3000RPM before shifting.

Thunder road? In the end though it was a 57 ford although they blew the shoe box up. I wont go into the norway story.

[image] jtsanders: How many cases of whiskey can you fit in that 2 door coupe’s trunk? Not as many as you could fit in the trunk of a Chrysler Business Coupe! [image]

In the movie his younger brother (played by his son) makes a run with the shoebox ford, I know it doesn’t end well, but been a long time.

That part is fuzzy. I’ve got the dvd but been a while. Something to do with the girl friend. We had a 57 ford so that was a main interest of mine. I’d hear my dad leave for work about 5 am an invariably spin the wheel a little in gravel. Just too much engine or not a gentle touch on the gas peda…

Or maybe Junior Johnson. His NASCAR career followed his moonshining career. I’m sure there was some overlap.

After Mitchum was killed, the kid enrolled in engineering school. Never said whether college,vo tec, and training for what. Just that the kid had aptitude.

Interesting now that the court ruled making your own whiskey is now legal. Not sure about selling it but would just need to pay the tax.

Here is an amusing old video from a Driver's Education Class in 1954…

General Discussion

LoudThunder April 24, 2026, 11:34pm 27

This posting is from several years ago of my experiences in my Driver’s Education Class…

Topic		Replies	Views
Drivers' education with 'Red meat' (the comic strip) General Discussion	28	2084	November 16, 2020
High School Driver's ED: Teaching unnecessary topics? Driving/Drivers	28	2038	October 27, 2023
Movie Continuity General Discussion volkswagen , beetle	111	3898	August 18, 2018
Henry Ford II on seat belts Safety	85	5597	December 22, 2020
She would not know all of that. No one would General Discussion	72	2181	July 1, 2024

Here is an amusing old video from a Driver's Education Class in 1954…

Related topics