Stepdaughter learning how to drive a 4 speed

Any time I see a thread of learning to drive a,standard it reminds me of my old buddy Mark.
Back in our high school days he learned to drive a,standard in my old 1970 Duster. He learned fast as he had a gas drinking Mopar so bought an old Toyota Carrona(sp?) Not Corolla to save gas. Later got a job delivery of pizza as a side job. It was a major POS it had a broken shifter handle so we put a deep well socket and 2 3/8 extensions as a shifter. The socket fit ok but a was a little loose but worked.
Every now and then one of us would take it off while he was not looking. Mark would reach for the shifter and not have one. Ok guys they are blowing horns give me my shifter back.