Thanks for all the ammo, Y'all . I think I"m gonna look around the National Forest Area and see if I can find a good location to take him and teach him to drive a floor shift and also tell him of the many advantages of a standard over an automatic while we're doing it. My 2000 Nissan Frontier just might be the thing to start with and once he gets some confidence then he can step UP to the Stang. My other two Grandkids could drive a stick when they were in their early teens but they were raised in the Country around farm equipment, farm trucks and stuff.