Driver's Training vehicles....

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  1. Krash Kadillak

    Krash Kadillak Well-Known Member

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    Other thread on first 'drives' brought this question to mind....
    What vehicle did they use in your Driver's Training Program?

    Mine, courtesy of the L.A. City School District, was a 1967 Plymouth Fury III 4-door hardtop, very similar to this one........

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    '78 Chevy Malibu Classic 4-door. Nice car.

    David :)
     
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    '66 Malibu with two steering wheels and two brake pedals (driver and trainer). It was a GM town and they donated them.
     
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    61 Plymouth 4 door sedans, I think the school had 3 or 4 of them.
     
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    My school didn't offer driver's ed. The school district was too poor.

    The class I took had an 1985 Chevy Celebrity :slap:
     
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    We used 85 Chevy Chevettes when I took drivers ed
     
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    I never took the driving part of driver's ed, just the book part of it. As much as I drove before I had my license, the practical driving would have been redundant!
     
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    yeah, my school district didnt offer ed either, (the district had too many lawyers as parents i think!) so my mom taught me how to drive in her 1993 jeep cherokee and my dad taught me how to drive a stick in his wifes 1993 toyota celica!
     
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    A fleet of one year old 1974 Ford Torino 4 door sedans, and one 68 Ford Galaxie 4 door. We all liked the 68 Ford and we all hated the 74 Torinos. The Torinos had such a high rear window that no one could see out the back well enough to parallel park. The 68 was easier to drive and had a radio.
     
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    Had the pleasure of driving this thing
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    ya know steph, a buddy of mine and i found out that if you take the doors and fenders off a geo metro/suzuki swift it makes a rather nice woods car/dune buggy.:evilsmile:
     
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