I think anyoner with an AMC era Jeep has driven without a clutch a time or two. It was cable actuated and the clevis used to break. I probably still have a couple in my tool box. I could replace it in the dark in a couple minutes. I finally gave up on the factory part and had a buddy in a machine shop make me one from a solid block of steel. That one ain't gonna break.
Other guys I knew swapped the whole mess out for a "juice" clutch kit.
I also managed to get a Mustang II home from downtown DC without a shifter. I jammed it in second until I got it out of town and them managed to get it in 3d for the rest of the trip. I only had to run one red light. :-)
This was through the top of the tranny, shifting directly on the forks with a screwdriver and vice grips.
That tranny had a shaft that came out the back for shifting, similar to an old bug.
