Three on the tree

How many here remember driving them? I had a c10 250 with one. Sometimes I had to unstick it with a screwdriver lol.

I remember them in cars also-

My first car was a 65 Comet with column shifting. I got tired of pulling over and untangling them and put it in the floor.

my third car was a 62 comet wagon/hippy van, six with 3 on the tree. man the stories that lil wagon could tell. lol

Piece of cake.

I think I had 4-5 with column shift, couple didn't last long tho.

I carried a piece of broom handle in the back seat that I used to untangle the shift mechanism under the hood.

71 Ford Torino 3 on the tree.

66 GMC and it would stick sometimes as well. Manual steering and brakes too.

65 Chevy pickup.
Three on the tree.
1st to 3rd.
Never used second.
What a fun truck.

My first truck was a Ford 3 on the tree. Happy times.

53 Belair flat head six was my last one to own. Paid $50 for it and drove it for two years.

Flat head six?

62 chev belaire,...first car, first girl friend, first drive-in movie, first ........ good old days.

Dating as a teenager while driving a 3 on the tree could suck at times.

First vehicle was a 1976 Ford F100. 6cyl with 3-speed on the column. No power anything. No ac. No radio. Zero options. Cost my dad $2300 from frontier Ford in Lewisville. Brand new. They had to give him a rear bumper so we could pull the boat.

My first car, 64 Falcon, 2-door, 260 V8, no AC, three-on-the-tree. I had actually forgotten about having to unstick the shifting links! Great memories!

FIL used to say it was just the bushings wore out. I'm thinking it was more of my gouging on it. And popping the clutch, which I'm sure none of you did back in the day.

Three on the tree!! My dad had a 57 Chevy Big Window. Scooped out fender to carry the spare tire right behind the cab. Floor starter and heater was a box hanging from the dash with a door to open for full heat. Loved that truck.

I had a 74 f100 that was converted to floor shift. You had to do it just right or it would lock

I drove my dads F100 3 on the tree. Gun racks in the back and bird shooting after school. Back when us boys weren't pussywillows.

Learned to drive on a 3 on the tree. Then had a 76 Ford F100 with the straight 6 and 3 on the tree...

I had a 64 Ford Falcon 2 door hard top in high school with a 4 speed, 289 V8, Edelbrock High Rise Manifold, with headers. Fun Car. I wish I had kept it but I sold it and bought a Road Runner. Also a fun car. Those were the days when cars sounded like cars.

Never even seen one in person, but always thought it would be cool to drive at least once.

Its underwhelming.

Early 60's F150....

'83 gmc short bed for about 6 months, linkage would randomly drop out at red lights and stop signs, pop the hood yank and [censored] with it till locked in, hop back in keep on truckin

Never did like it on the tree... Now on the console, that was cool... Dan

My first truck....1970 Ford with a 302....smooth as glass shifting

You wouldn’t have any trouble, you’re used to a standard transmission. Fo on the flo was much better.

67 F-100, 240 cid straight 6, 3 on the tree, then a 1971 Ford Bronco, 302 with a three spd. replaced the shift tube and a couple of bushings and it shifted great the 14 years I owned it. Only vehicle I've owned that I regret selling.

My dad took a 71 ford pickup with three on the tree as payment for some legal work. It was two toned green so it looked pretty good. The manual transmission was okay but the lack of power steering and power brakes got really old and tiresome not to mention no ac. I was on Hubbard creek on saturday and sunday and you couldn't pay me to get in a truck with no ac. Too old and too fat for that BS

My 71 Bronco was 3 on the tree when I got it but was changed to 4 on the floor within a year of me owning it....

1965 ford Fairlane 289 with 3 on the tree, That thing was fun to drive.

63 Chevy II. It was my grandpa's car that he "willed" to my family. My sister, myself and my younger brother all learned how to drive stick shift in that car. Talk about a stripped down car. No radio, no windshield wiper fluid sprayer, high beam "button" (on the floor) was broken so no high beam lights.

Younger brother finally totaled that car when he ran a red light and got t-boned.

I learned to drive a 3 on the tree in a 63 Falcon ....good times at age 10.

Had a 64 Ford Custom that had three on the tree

Yep. Ours had a gun rack…and a hat rack. They were likely Father’s Day gifts or Christmas gifts.

It had white bumpers. It was a black truck. Soon after he bought it, we were heading from Lewisville back to Hickory creek and a guy in a brand new F150 Lariat flagged us over on the highway. He had new chrome bumpers and wanted our painted bumpers. He was trying to make his truck look like the one on Urban Cowboy. So we swapped bumpers in front of PhilDill boats. That was a score. So we then added a set of Chrome steel wheels and chrome baby moon hubcaps.

It was officially hillbillied.

1956 Ford Crown Vic, 3 on the column with steering by Armstrong. I took my driving test in that car. Parallel parking that chunk of iron was a test all by itself.

Man I miss those twin I-beam suspensions.

No power steering or six backup cameras?

I miss the excitement of driving a car with four wheel, non-power drum brakes. You never knew what direction it was gonna go when you hit the brake pedal. I also miss the smell of a car when it was under full choke trying to warm up.

Learned to drive using 3 on the column in a 1965 Studebaker Commander.

my Dad had about a 1948 Jeepster and 1953 Chevrolet station wagon with 3 on the tree.....I had a 68 chevelle and a 1971 Dodge charger with 3 on the tree....also had 3 different Volkswagons and a Toyota truck that had 4 speed on the floor....haven't driven a staright shift in close to 50 years but I' m betting that I still could.....

I learned to drive a '63 Ranchero with the "3 on the tree".

66 Ford Bronco

'63 GMC step-side w/ 3 on the tree is what I learned to drive in. Sold that truck last year and it was sad seeing it go but it needed more work than I was ever going to put into it.

those things bring big money these days.

Learned how to drive a standard with a floor shift. Then a buddy's mom got a deal on a brand new '77 Granada with three on the tree, don't recall that one hanging up.

Then shortly after the family bought our 'ranch' I found a '64 Chevy pick up for a ranch truck. I had to show everyone how to shift a three on the tree and untangle it. .

I kept my prying screw driver in the glove box. People had no mercy even back then when your in the middle of an intersection trying to free jammed linkage.

I had a 1964 Chevy with 3 on the tree. I should have kept it.

lernd 2 drive Daddy's 3tree '62 pikup...with only a heater...as plain a pikup as u could get...driver's ed car was a '64 3tree...fun 2 ride with those that never had driven one

Back in my day, pickups were either 3 on a tree or grandmaw 4-speed. If your battery konked out, you could get going with a shove. The first pickup I remember without a standard was a 1966 GMC.

Summer of 1964, '57 ford Custom 4-door with 272 v8 & 3 on the tree. I was 14 with a Learner's permit Bought it from my Mom for $75.00 with a leaking rear main crankshaft seal that would have cost triple that to repair.
Started my Junior year in high school in September driving it to Auto Shop and it became the 1964/65 Auto Shop Project Car.
First thing replaced was the column shifter. Hurst on the floor.
Good Times . . . . .

My dad had a chevy pickup , 66 or so , If you were not precise , the shifter would jam every time going from first to second,
Pull over and get the screwdriver.

Mo

1st truck was a '66 Chevy with a 235 with a 3 on the tree. Not much HP but you could let off the clutch just right and leave rubber for about a block.

I still have it. It’s tore all apart right now. Started doing a frame off rebuild 20 years ago. Then got married and moved in with her and an HOA so that shot those plans all to heck.

I need a straight six 170 if anybody has one laying around.

1964 gmc stepside short bed

1972 f100 my dad bought new . 3 on the tree 360 V8 no ac or power anything. Truck is 50 years old and I still own the truck

On another note, a buddy had a 1966 Chevrolet Nova SS with a 327/350 and a 3 on the tree. As far as I can tell, it was one of only 69 ever built to that specification.

I learned to drive on a 1975 C10 with the 454, 3 on the tree, no power steering. The bed rusted out so my father brought a piece of diamond plate home that we welded into the bed. I got about 7 miles to the gallon, down hill, with a tailwind.

Nope. 4 on the floor International pickup... besides the old Case tractor I was driving since about 8-ish.

I learned to drive a 1969 El Camino with a 307 Cu In engine and 3 on the tree. I had to set on the edge of the seat to be able to reach the peddles and had boat ramp duty when I was 13 years old. Dad said if I wanted to drive the boat, I needed to learn how to back up with mirrors. Caddo Lake at Flying Fish Boat ramp, got it done and away we went.

‘65 Chevy step side was my 2nd vehicle. It was 3 on the tree but moved it to the floor. I loved that truck and wish I still had it.

Just bought this one, don't ask me why, a Ford 1983 Fleetside, F100 XLS somebody painted black, No rust or dents, Big straight 6,, 300 cu in (4.9 L), AC, Power Steering, somebody converted to 3 on the floor from column,. 54,000 miles. Ain't been tagged since 2013. Starts and runs like a top. Needs AC charged. Will probably do like I do on everything around here,, bought high and probably sell low. Might throw this AMF Scooter in the back and sell together. Might need it as it is a Ford.

Yeah it’s a Ford, ‘83 and to quote you, “starts and runs like a top”. Yep it’s a Ford for sure‼️‼️👍🏻👌🏻💯

I learned how to drive in the Blue Goose. 1952 Chevy pickup. 3 on the tree. Floor mounted push button starter.

Cheers all

Locked up on my driving test when I was doing parallel parking. Examiner was impressed when I crawled out and unlocked it!

Learned to pull a boat at 14 years old with a 79 F150 with a 302, no radio, 2/55 AC. 3 on da tree. That truck finally gave up the ghost at around 250,000 miles.