I went up to Canberra last weekend to visit the Parental Units and the Sibling Unit, which was fun.
Pater Familias let me drive his 1959 'bugeye' Austin-Healey Sprite around the block, which was a hoot. It really is a rollerskate with a Mini engine! He has rebuilt it literally from a few boxes of bits into a great little car - not concours-perfect, but loads of fun.
The experience was made all the more fun by the fact that I haven't tried to drive a manual car - let alone one with no synchro on first - since about 1990.
For the record, I only stalled once, and that was at the top of a steep hill when I didn't quite co-ordinate brake, clutch, gearchange and accelerator ...
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