If it had a clutch pedal rather than a floor shifter I might consider it.
Also the lack of front seatbelts is a teeny bit offputting.
That's going to be a problem with a lot of 50s and 60s US, or US designed cars; UK cars evolved from bucket seats and US from bench seats - my Dad had a horrible old Ford Consul with lap seat belts that were designed to rupture your internal organs. But your chances of a serious accident were greatly diminished because they were so very slow. We went down to the West Country and from Staines, we had to set out at 4 a.m. to do the journey in a day. No motorways and few dual carriageways. It also had charmingly ineffective flag indicators that I swear were inspired by semaphore towers 🤣...
Good to know - probably realises that she has less chance of catching what the rest of us have got, with a sea between us and the volcanic lair to hide in... the fact is that we need her much more than she needs us.
If it had a clutch pedal rather than a floor shifter I might consider it.
Also the lack of front seatbelts is a teeny bit offputting.
That's going to be a problem with a lot of 50s and 60s US, or US designed cars; UK cars evolved from bucket seats and US from bench seats - my Dad had a horrible old Ford Consul with lap seat belts that were designed to rupture your internal organs. But your chances of a serious accident were greatly diminished because they were so very slow. We went down to the West Country and from Staines, we had to set out at 4 a.m. to do the journey in a day. No motorways and few dual carriageways. It also had charmingly ineffective flag indicators that I swear were inspired by semaphore towers 🤣...
My 69 Pontiac had both lap belt, and shoulder belt, but only one could be used at any time. When the uk mandated a 3 point fixing, I had to sign a declaration that I never took passengers, so I could both belts by using the passengers ‘socket’ as well as the drivers, each time I wanted it to pass an MOT.
