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Originally Posted by jaysay
Doubling your clutch was used on the old crash boxes Studio, you depressed the clutch, knocked the stick into neutral then depress the clutch again a engage the gear, this was used before gears for synchronised, I still did it up to stopping driving especially changing down.
Neil I think the speed limit sign means 30 maximum
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When you changed down a gear you had to give the engine a little rev to get it to the speed you needed for the lower gear.
I drove many miles in a Scammell tanker and the gear box was not only crash but gated as well, you had to go through every gear, no dropping from top to bottom when you stopped. By the time I had got to Dounreay power station (two days drive in 1970) my arm was nearly worn away. My right arm was as bad with having to give hand signals, good old days, I think not.
The photo is of the Scammell gate box.