Never happened to me. Hopefully it won't.
But the image of a "Chevy sandwich" is clear.
Michael Lubitz
1946 Chevy 3/4 ton stock
1948 Chevrolet 3100, soon to be deluxe
Austin, Texas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Schorn, Tim" <SchornT@ci.fort-worth.tx.us>
To: "'Michael Lubitz'" <mlrba@texas.net>; "W&D" <haist@jps.net>;
<NTemple46@aol.com>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 8:23 AM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks]One caveat about Downshifting
> I've always downshifted to slow down ever since I started driving, and
have
> always owned stick-shift cars and trucks. Four weeks ago I was rear-ended
> while...you guessed it!! downshifting for a truck signalling a right turn
in
> front of me. I wanted to get around him on the left and when I checked my
> rear-view mirror it was full of a '93 Chev pu going at least 45mph and not
> slowing down. The impact was ear-shattering and forced me under the guy in
> front of me (another Chev pu), his axle resting across my hood, his bumper
> just inches from my windshield. I was in my Datsun Z-car BTW, not my '50
> Chev! The guy who hit me said he didn't see my brakelights!!! So beware,
> most idiots on their cellphones are looking for brakelights, and won't
slow
> down if they don't see them!! If I had been in my MGB I certainly would
not
> be writing this to you.
> Has this happened to anyone else?
>
> Tim in Ft Worth less 1 Z, a Chev PU sandwich
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Lubitz [SMTP:mlrba@texas.net]
> > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 5:46 AM
> > To: W&D; NTemple46@aol.com; oletrucks@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Downshifting
> >
> > I was driving my '46 last night thinking, "I wonder how to get this
thing
> > to
> > downshift without grinding." I tried double clutching while revving a
> > lot,
> > I tried not double clutching, I tried double clutching while revving a
> > little, then I tried not down shifting at all. Nothing that I did
> > worked.
> > I thought (at about 10 pm on the way home from a frustrating city
council
> > meeting), "how do I do this?"
> >
> > Without any confidence that I may ever do this correctly, I gave up and
> > thought that I would someday write the group and ask how to downshift.
> > Then
> > "voila," an email explaining how to downshift this morning. Miracle.
> > (minor, but a surprising and coincidental none the less.)
> >
> > Driving the stock '46 is such fun. Without it I would be minus a great
> > joy
> > and a new friend. (I call my truck, "Buddy.") Funny as it sounds, my
> > life
> > would be less rich without 3500 pounds of noisy, rattly, hard (and fun)
to
> > drive truck.
> >
> > Thanks for the tips. The fact that your emails asking and answering
were
> > sent last night and not some other time confirms to me that the old
trucks
> > are more than steel, but some kind of funny time machine to transport us
> > to
> > a simpler and somewhat more homey time - if only for a short time each
> > day.
> > Someday I'll ask the group how it is that a truck that goes 45 mph at
the
> > fastest can take me so far away so quickly.
> >
> > Michael Lubitz
> > 1946 Chevy 3/4 ton stock (now named "Buddy")
> > 1948 Chevrolet 3100, soon to be deluxe ( I think that I will change this
> > to
> > "someday to be deluxe")
> > Austin, Texas
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "W&D" <haist@jps.net>
> > To: <NTemple46@aol.com>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 12:43 AM
> > Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Downshifting
> >
> >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <NTemple46@aol.com>
> > > To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 8:40 PM
> > > Subject: [oletrucks] Downshifting
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > I have had little to no luck trying to downshift when I need to on
> > > > hills or to avoid heavy braking. Occasionally if I have to I can
> > grind
> > it
> > > > in, but I just can't seem to get a smooth downshift. What is the
> > trick?
> > > > RPM's? Single clutch? double clutch?
> > > >
> > >
> > > I grew up with the old "crash box" tranny and still enjoy the
challenge.
> > > With a non-synchro you have to double clutch shifting up or down.
When
> > > shifting up, depress the clutch to come out of first. Let off the
gas.
> > Let
> > > the clutch out all the way while pausing the shift in neutral. Press
> > the
> > > clutch again and shift into the next gear. You can't be in a hurry or
> > the
> > > gears will clash. A little pause before shifting into the next gear
> > helps.
> > >
> > > When down shifting, follow the same procedure but since you're moving
> > > faster, you have to bring the trans up to a matching speed. Rev the
> > engine
> > > while the clutch is out and trans is in neutral. This takes some
> > practice
> > > to get it right but when you get a nice smooth down shift, you can't
> > help
> > > but grin a little bit. Usually people tend to over rev the engine at
> > first
> > > which makes 'em grind just as much as not enough rev.
> > >
> > > Hope you're not thoroughly confused by now. Go out and practice your
> > > shifting!
> > >
> > > My wife once asked why I was "pumping that pedal."
> > >
> > > <><
> > > Whitney Haist
> > > Orinda, CA
> > > Chevy Trucks: 2-'46s & a '39
> > > www.jps.net/haist/artdeco.htm
> > >
> > >
> > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
1959
> > >
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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