khrome

Hi everyone I have a question to ask wich has been driving me absolutely nuts! So anyways I apologize if it is an amateur question but recently I have been into older american model cars and I am noticing that they have what appears to be manual transmissions ... the gearshift looks like a manual ... but I see no clutch... can anyone please explain this its been driving me mad ! Thank you very much and apologies for an amateur post!

richtreadaway

Its called a throwout clutch. when it spins at a certain rpm weight or the clutch in this case spin outwards and grabs on to a drum a little like your brakes and when it grabs you have motion like in our minny bikes