How lucky! Never happens to me.
You mentioned shifting problems, I remember when those cars and trucks in the 53-55 years, with a column shift, were tricky even back then. You had to learn how to exactly shift, to avoid getting it in 2 gears.


57 GMC LCF 370
55 John Deere 40-W
59 John Deere 430-W
2000 GMC 4x4
56 John Deere 420-W
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