Yes, DG, I have. I've even owned a couple, but I went to floor shift very quickly, even with automatics.
I have not.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
Oh yes! That was all there were in cars of my time as I started driving. I was so happy when we went to four-on-the-floor. It was good practice for our imagination and spatial conscious brains.
Only a few times back in ‘79. My brother and his friend and I went to Ensenada in Grandpa’s Rambler we called La Bomba.
Yes! It's a different style of art form.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
If you didn't like it or broke the shift tube you just bought a conversion kit and then you had 3 on the floor. Virtually any body that drove before '60 generally drove a 3 on tree, the most common transmission.
I didn't drive before 1960, but I've driven both a three on the tree and four on the floor. My 1970 Maverick had a three on the tree manual transmission. I've also driven a paddle shift automatic in our 2017 Acura ILX, that was fun to drive.
That's what we had in driver training.
I've not ever driven one, 4 on the floor, plenty. And our current GC does have paddle shift.
I've owned two vehicles with three on the tree. The first was a 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe with Vacuum Shift a $15.00 option. If you had the standard shift i the shifter was still on the floor. The second was my 1950 Mercury Coupe with overdrive. The bigger question is how many of you have driven a Model T Ford? Without looking it up, where was the shift lever and also the gas pedal?
@bob-jackman It's on the steering wheel, right?
I am a relic from the 1960s. Drove many 3-on the tree, but never owned one.
