@@michaellambert3067 my first lesson for driving a three on the tree was on a similar aged truck. I had a summer job working in a garage and the owner needed me to pick up parts. He said here’s first, second, third, reverse and don’t ride the clutch. After a shaky start I figured it out.
Anti-theft device. I learned on a Studebaker with three-on-the-tree and overdrive. Additional security, the starter was on the floor under the clutch pedal.
I learned to drive on my dad's 1962 chevy pickup with the 3 speed at 8 years old and got my license at 16 with it ,no powersteering no power anything and no AC. And no seatbelts
I think it was a 1961 Ford Fairlane that came with a 4 speed on the column. You put in in neutral and pulled a lever under the dash for reverse. For the other 4 gears, it worked like a 3 speed on the column but 1st. gear was where the reverse was located. 1st., back and up. 2nd., back and down. 3rd., forward and up, 4th., forward and down. That really messed with my mind the first time I drove one. I think Hearst came up with a conversion kit to move the shifter to the floor.
I learned in a '51 Studebaker Commander three-on-the-tree with overdrive. Starter button was on the floor under he clutch pedal, took my license exam in a '73 Coronet 318 with stick, also had three-on-the-tree in Mom's '70 Buick Estate Wagon (one of 26 built), a '68 Falcon, and an assortment of other independent oddballs (ever heard of a Packard Cavalier? Studebaker Challenger? Studebaker Daytona? Pacer?). I have a five-speed in my Frontier and a six-speed in my Crosstrek. Salesman asked why I wanted a stick in my Subaru. "Control, nobody's gonna know how to steal it, and I need the exercise." A friend of mine freaked out the first time he rode in the Estate Wagon and shifted to second. Opening the secondaries on the 455 in second was almost a religious experience.
Only thing I would add is, reverse and first, palm facing towards you. Second and third, palm facing away. This keeps you from missing second and accidentally hitting reverse. Old timers trick.
A lot didn't have synchro on first, so downshifting to first without coming to a stop required it unless you wanted to clash the gears for the sound effects.
@@winstonelston5743 No doubt anyone can learn if you teach them. It's just that manual transmissions have become so rare that younger people don't know because they don't get exposed to them. I learned in the mid-90s.
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That was a good learning video. A friend of mine has a 1969 Chevy pick up truck that has three on the tree shifting.
@@michaellambert3067 my first lesson for driving a three on the tree was on a similar aged truck. I had a summer job working in a garage and the owner needed me to pick up parts. He said here’s first, second, third, reverse and don’t ride the clutch. After a shaky start I figured it out.
Three on the tree, they were cool when I was a kid.
Anti-theft device. I learned on a Studebaker with three-on-the-tree and overdrive. Additional security, the starter was on the floor under the clutch pedal.
Don't use the past tense. They _are_ cool eighty-seven years after they hit the market.
I learned to drive on my dad's 1962 chevy pickup with the 3 speed at 8 years old and got my license at 16 with it ,no powersteering no power anything and no AC. And no seatbelts
Thank you! Very clearly explained.
I think it was a 1961 Ford Fairlane that came with a 4 speed on the column. You put in in neutral and pulled a lever under the dash for reverse. For the other 4 gears, it worked like a 3 speed on the column but 1st. gear was where the reverse was located. 1st., back and up. 2nd., back and down. 3rd., forward and up, 4th., forward and down. That really messed with my mind the first time I drove one. I think Hearst came up with a conversion kit to move the shifter to the floor.
Yes sir you are correct 👍
I learned in a '51 Studebaker Commander three-on-the-tree with overdrive. Starter button was on the floor under he clutch pedal, took my license exam in a '73 Coronet 318 with stick, also had three-on-the-tree in Mom's '70 Buick Estate Wagon (one of 26 built), a '68 Falcon, and an assortment of other independent oddballs (ever heard of a Packard Cavalier? Studebaker Challenger? Studebaker Daytona? Pacer?). I have a five-speed in my Frontier and a six-speed in my Crosstrek. Salesman asked why I wanted a stick in my Subaru. "Control, nobody's gonna know how to steal it, and I need the exercise."
A friend of mine freaked out the first time he rode in the Estate Wagon and shifted to second. Opening the secondaries on the 455 in second was almost a religious experience.
Very good 👍🏿
I know a guy in our car club that has a 60 Parisienne hardtop with 3 on the tree and a 261ci . engine.
I drove a 64 El Camino with a three on the column like this. They are definitely awesome, far more interesting than this flappy paddle nonsense.
Only thing I would add is, reverse and first, palm facing towards you. Second and third, palm facing away. This keeps you from missing second and accidentally hitting reverse. Old timers trick.
you have to be 50 years old or older to remember a 3 on da tree
im 22 and my first car was a 1953 chevy 210 with a three on the tree, still drive it.
double clutch for 3 on a tree?
A lot didn't have synchro on first, so downshifting to first without coming to a stop required it unless you wanted to clash the gears for the sound effects.
@@winstonelston5743 if you can’t find’em, grind’em.
'60 Catalina?
A millennial anti theft device.
At this point, any three-pedal manual transmission will do the job.
I showed a friend's grandsons how to drive stick, and after a half-hour's practice in a wide open church parking lot they were pretty good at it.
@@winstonelston5743 No doubt anyone can learn if you teach them. It's just that manual transmissions have become so rare that younger people don't know because they don't get exposed to them. I learned in the mid-90s.