The Ford Barn

Adam/Mill Valley CA · 07-23-2025, 07:54 AM

will the next generation love and cherish the machines we have preserved (or reinvented) from the past with the same passion?

I had the pleasure of teaching a young woman (granddaughter of a neighbor) how to drive a stick shift the other day, in our '65 Mustang (289 with a Tremec T-5). She's a junior getting her degree in mechanical engineering at university. Asked her what she is doing for the summer, she's taking Calculus IV/Differential Equations in summer school (remotely) (there's hill I died on 57 years ago as a chemistry major!). Obviously very intelligent, crazy about old cars, very anxious to learn how to drive a stick-maybe next time I'll let her try out the '36. Gives me hope for the future of the hobby!

Adam

07-23-2025, 07:54 AM	#10
Adam/Mill Valley CA Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mill Valley,CA Posts: 299	Re: Techno-Source-Flathead-Ford will the next generation love and cherish the machines we have preserved (or reinvented) from the past with the same passion? I had the pleasure of teaching a young woman (granddaughter of a neighbor) how to drive a stick shift the other day, in our '65 Mustang (289 with a Tremec T-5). She's a junior getting her degree in mechanical engineering at university. Asked her what she is doing for the summer, she's taking Calculus IV/Differential Equations in summer school (remotely) (there's hill I died on 57 years ago as a chemistry major!). Obviously very intelligent, crazy about old cars, very anxious to learn how to drive a stick-maybe next time I'll let her try out the '36. Gives me hope for the future of the hobby! Adam __________________ 1936 pickup, stock, black 1965 Mustang coupe 289/4bbl, black/red 1971 Alfa Romeo GTV 1750 coupe, dark red/tan 1970 911E 2.2 litre dark blue/black 1968 BMW R50/2 US, black (m'cycle) 1967 Triumph TR6R , sea foam/cream (m'cycle) 2022 Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 red (m'cycle) 1974 Honda CB750 red (m'cycle) 2000 Kawasaki W650 blue/silver (m'cycle)