Clutch linkage broke on the wagon

YOU are a guy who needs to learn to drive with OUT a clutch.

In my early days, when I ran around with the guy who would later become the first owner of my 70 sixpack car, he had a Chevelle. "We" broke the clutch up in Oregon on a long weekend, and drove that thing clear back down to Treasure Island without a clutch.

When I converted my 63 SS Impala from Power Slide to a 4 speed, I drove the thing down to a welding outfit to get the pivot ball welded on

I broke the link on my '70 TWICE and drove it at least 20 miles back to Miramar.

You start it up in first from a dead stop. You kick it OUT of gear before you get to a stop.

In between, you learn to shift by feathering the throttle, being careful, and popping it in with gentle pressure on the syncro rings.

Hell, one time I even drove my Yamaha 650 special a few miles when the clutch cable broke.