So who sits in the middle??

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My Daughters dates had to show up with their own cars , A copy of their Bank statement showing they have steady job. And my Police friend would run their name before they showed up. But it didn't help One of my daughters is at home with two kids who's father is a dead beat . He and his family thinks the USA owes them a free life.
Taking complete control of your kids life didnt work? Huh......imagine that.
 
When I was young, we were put in a stick shift car first. We were told, if you can drive a stick shift, you can drive anything. That was back in the early 60's, some parents now put their kids (girls & boys) in fast cars & wonder why they end up at their funerals.
 
On the ranch, the REAL cowboy/girl chose to sit in the middle so that they didn't have to get out and open the gates.
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pickup with 2 people, the passenger opens AND shuts the gate. pickup with 3 people, the person riding shotgun does the deed, with someone riding in the bed, THAT dude does the work!!! Unless they are from Ca., then all logic is screwed!!
 
"Dad use to talk about a 53 Chevy he bought for 50 bucks in the late 50s. Said he flipped the column 180 so he could shift with his left arm and keep his right arm around his girl..."

Now that's pretty cool!!!! Reminds me of my Dad when he was dating my Mom 1945/46. He had just been released by the VA Hospital in Ogden Utah. He had lost his right leg in the war and had a wooden leg from the hip on down. He was walking with my "Mom to be" down the streets of Ogden and the knee joint on his wooden leg gave away and he fell to the ground. He picked up the pieces and hopped (on his good leg) to a nearby bicycle shop and used their tools to put his leg back together. They continued on their date and the rest is history!!!!!!!!!!!! My Dad was made of STEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's him on the right......I still haven't figured how a man 19 years old can lose his leg, get gangrene numerous times on his way back from Europe, go through numerous surgeries, almost die numerous times and still have a GIANT GRIN on his face????? I guess he was just happy to be alive???

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I was going to say that he is part of the Greatest Generation that survived an honest to God depression, and a World War to boot!!!! Shoot, falling down ain't nothing to a MAN of that caliber!
 
I drive or we don't go period. She can ride on her side of the passenger seat. This is why in 2007 I bought a 2500 4x4 CTD auto with bucket seats and a console in the middle. So the wife can sit on her side of the truck.
 
We use to ride 3-wide in a single cab pickup. At a stoplight next to some pretty girls, guy on the far right would reach over and tap the horn and duck.. Looked like the driver and his boyfriend on a date... It was good to young, carefree and silly. I miss being young and carefree..
 
I don't know how anyone is gonna sit in between two bucket seats comfortably :D

Jokes aside, I hardly trust anyone to drive any of my cars, and I would expect the same of my partner if they were as into cars as I am. My ride is my baby, only a very special few can sit in the left seat, so of course I'll sit in the middle/passenger seat if I'm in my baby's baby.
 
In your case Rani, you drive, he sits in the passenger seat until you get there. There is no reason to have him sit in the middle! As the great philosopher Kenny Rogers once said....you never count your money while sitting at the table, there'll be time enough for counting when the dealings done"! Simply translated, you have plenty of time to get close later, this ain't 1968, and there's 25,000x the number of cars on the road today, you need to pay attention to driving, and get close when you get there!!
 
In your case Rani, you drive, he sits in the passenger seat until you get there. There is no reason to have him sit in the middle! As the great philosopher Kenny Rogers once said....you never count your money while sitting at the table, there'll be time enough for counting when the dealings done"! Simply translated, you have plenty of time to get close later, this ain't 1968, and there's 25,000x the number of cars on the road today, you need to pay attention to driving, and get close when you get there!!
Too bad it can't be like the 60s anymore, those movies depicted a very fun time
 
When I was young, we were put in a stick shift car first. We were told, if you can drive a stick shift, you can drive anything. That was back in the early 60's, some parents now put their kids (girls & boys) in fast cars & wonder why they end up at their funerals.
When I was learning to drive in the early 2000s, my adoptive dad (my only dad in my heart) taught me to drive in his 69 Cuda. A56 340/ 4 speed that he bought as a used car in 1972.

That is the main reason I am A- bodies for life.
 
I would sit next to the girl driver - if she wanted me too.

Years ago, I would go out with pals who were dating, we would often take one of my cars. Guys do not typically like sitting next to guys, so I would teach the girl how to shift & tell her when.

Nothing broke & I did not have make the lady feel uncomfortable.
 
I think it's great that parents like yours take an interest in your hobby. I wish my kids had an interest in the A body hobby. They were too busy with stick & ball sports, & my hobby took a back seat to that. Now that I'm in my late 60's, even my grandkids don't have any interest. When I take my car to the track, they are more interested in what I will buy them & being on "social" media.
 
This thread does remind me of an old joke.........

Why do cowboys fold the sides of their hats up?



So three of them can fit in a pickup truck
 
Buckets suck, bring back the bench seat! My '57 Fairlane had a friggin couch in the front as well as the back. My Moms 71 Duster 225/3 on the floor had me riding 'b-----' in the front bench straddling the shifter, they let me shift and I got than И pattern down pretty good.

(b---- was used as the passenger in the back in the middle as I grew up. it didnt refer to the front seat..?)
 
Rainy, just meeting a girl that can drive a stick now a day's is a turn on!
I would have not guessed that.
Since I started driving that is I have ever had. I only drive old cars and for some odd reason I always get a clutch pedal. My first duster was a 225/3 by the knee. I even had a 3 on the tree at one point which makes for an interesting time getting that routine in order.

One time the linkage for the 3 on the tree broke when I was at an intersection. So I had to turn the engine off and get out and put it in 2nd gear by hand and jump back in and start up and drive up a block in 2 nd gear.

Great times, only in a classic car :)
 
I would have not guessed that.
Since I started driving that is I have ever had. I only drive old cars and for some odd reason I always get a clutch pedal. My first duster was a 225/3 by the knee. I even had a 3 on the tree at one point which makes for an interesting time getting that routine in order.

One time the linkage for the 3 on the tree broke when I was at an intersection. So I had to turn the engine off and get out and put it in 2nd gear by hand and jump back in and start up and drive up a block in 2 nd gear.

Great times, only in a classic car :)

Yes, trained both my Daughters to drive stick, just in case one of their boyfriends got drunk so there would be no excuse for them to drive home.My sister just sold her 76 duster 360 4 speed stick, her and her husband building a garage so needed the cash. But her next will be a stick also. It just seems that when buying a vehicle now a day's, you get a funny look when you ask if anything on the lot is a standard. Even the Dart I have had for over 20 years started out as a auto, first thing to do was upgrade to disk brakes, then convert to pistol grip 4 speed. Cruising. keep you partner close, light to light fun, have him give you some room for safety, and go for it!
 
One time the linkage for the 3 on the tree broke when I was at an intersection. So I had to turn the engine off and get out and put it in 2nd gear by hand and jump back in and start up and drive up a block in 2 nd gear.

Great times, only in a classic car :)

The cool part about that situation was that you knew exactly what to move and where it was to do it.:D

My car she sits wherever she wants.
Her car I sit wherever she wants.
 
Or maybe, just meeting him at the place of get together is the best option, so he can drive his modern, automatic, Japanese, battery operated ***** car there so she can spare herself the embarrassment.

Just curious what general male FABO population thinks.......

My thinkin is, that if the girl is badass enough to build the car herself, she wouldn't have a ***** *** boyfriend who owns a ***** car. That's my thinkin.
 
I only sit in the middle when the front bench is a masculine duo with me at center stage. This is the ONLY way to train for cross country ski events.
 
Nobody sits in the middle in any of my cars. All have bucket seats and consoles.

I haven’t owned a vehicle with a bench seat in over a dozen years. My last one was a pick-up truck with a 5 speed manual and I only had a center rider a few times...and they were always women.
 
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