Much like @Sacto Mitch, I learned to drive on a manual, non-synchro, non-electronic-ignition vehicle that had a top speed of almost 20mph with the "overdrive" engaged - "HANG ON!....I'm pullin' OVERDRIVE!".
The jump from first to second was particularly notchy, so we mostly started off in second and then rev-matched (kinda-sorta) and quickly pulled the lever into third and that's all she wrote. First gear was truly a "Stump Puller", along with Log Puller, Boulder Puller, Plow Puller and Snowplow Pusher.
Brakes were "Manual ABS", rear wheels only, and there was a separate brake pedal for each side (really early ABS, that) and with careful placement of the left foot, you could disengage the clutch AND apply the brake at the same time, helping to hold you on hills (if the brake shoes weren't coated with transaxle oil from an axle leak and/or the hay wagon you were pulling was empty).
It wasn't much for passenger comfort, but we managed by sitting on those big rear fenders, being careful to keep our fingers inboard and not out near the tire cleats.
I miss that old 1943 Ferguson, but it's now retired, been restored, along with it's "LORD" front bucket, and is hitting the Antique Tractor Show Circuit, like Hot Rod Ron's John Deere Model B.
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