3 on the Tree "Have you?"

[sprdv1]

So reading another thread I seen where someone "no names' *TOM* HEUSS, ha ha Sorry couldn't resist

Never drove a 3 on the tree. Made me wonder.

Who else has never driven a Rig with the 3 on the tree?

I drove my uncles old ford 1/2 ton truck back in High School running around here and there.. Learned to drive it at a young age...

Whats your experience with 3 speed on the Column..?

 

[SpareParts]

I never have! We have torn a couple of them apart at my shop, but my friends have always drove them home or we trailered it home.

 

[SACHEM]

I will admit, I do not know how to drive a stick. I have always had automatics. I would love to learn.

 

[JWMcCrary]

The only vehicles we had were sticks when I learned how to drive, driven lots of 3 on the tree. My 75 bronco currently has 3 speed, was working with Bradlee on it but it is about to change, almost hate to see it go.

 

[half cab]

All the ones that I ever drove (cheby/FORD) you had to know how to go under the hood and re'aline up the shift/links.I drove several....crap

ps they were wore out by the time I gott'em

we had two old pu's that I learned to drive in and were both early 50's.One Ford and one Chevy and one or both I can't remember,had a starter thingy in the floorboard!! what a ride

 

[dave67fd]

71 Maverick. Was my sisters. I taught her how to drive it.%)

 

[Ensane13]

I just learned with my 75 Bronco I purchase about 7 months ago. Whenever people ride with me they just stare baffled at how I am shifting. My 69 Bronco that I drove before the frame off restore project started was converted to a floor shifter so this is a neat change and I plan on keeping it that way too.

 

[jn2630]

Have never had the pleasure of driving a 3 on the tree.. couldn't be that hard.. im sure I could drive a tank if I messed with it enough

 

[TM Toys]

I never did til I took my first test drive n the 68 .. PO ask me -- can u drive a 3 on tree ?? me -- sure !! So I left there n first , hoping to get to 2nd .. lol ;D

 

[Devin]

Only time I ever did was when I drove my '69 home after buying it. Then I subsequently tore the entire truck apart....

 

[daves bronco]

I never had until I drove my bronco, but then it is kind of odd to own a truck 14 years older then you.

 

[Wellhung]

Learned to drive in a 54' GMC pick up with a 3speed column shift and own a bronco with one too. I wouldn't trade it for floor shift if somebody supplied and installed it for me.

 

[67686977]

Learned to drive in a 54' GMC pick up with a 3speed column shift and own a bronco with one too. I wouldn't trade it for floor shift if somebody supplied and installed it for me.

I agree, I have one of each. Auto, floor and column. I really like the auto, the floor is ok, but the column brings a lot of memories back.

 

[RustyShackelfor]

Drove some that shifted better than others. One old chevy truck in particular was a PITA. Had to uncross them constantly.

 

[Scoop]

Owned several, driven a bunch of them, and you can keep them! Not a fan of 3-on-the-tree. Much rather drive a floor shift manual.

 

[Kyle.malone]

I drove mine as a 3 on the tree from the time I was 12 (in our back yard to my grandmothers house). We lived on 20 acres.

From 1971 until 2006, mine lived as a 3 on the tree. That is until it went under its transformation.

 

[BroncoJAK]

Learned to drive with one. Like half cab said when they got a little wear on them you have to know how to do a quick realignment.

 

[Broncobowsher]

As a kid I learned on a 3 on the tree. '76 Plymouth Fury. Taught my older brother (who was teaching me how to do doughnuts) how to shift into 2nd while doing doughnuts. Both broncos I have owned have had wore out columns. Those SUCK! But a good working column shift is nic to drive.

The other week I was talking with a co-worker who spent a chunk of his youth in Australia. At one time he had a van with a 5 on the tree. I have heard of (but never driven) a 4 on the tree. I think that is the most we ever got in this country.

My parents '84 Econoline bought new had instrucions in the owners manual for column shift. Apparently the last domestic column shift was the '85 F150.

 

[Jeff76]

In high school, I built a Rail buggy out of a chopped VW pan. Once I got the motor and transaxle built and put in, fired her up for the first time, I jumped in and realized I didn't know how to drive a stick. Had to have a friend take it on its maiden voyage, to check it out.

Never driven a three on the tree, but ridden in a bunch of them, and helped to convert a few to floor shift.

 

[TN1776]

My Bronco came with a 3 on the tree and that was my first experience with that kind of shifter. I test drove it that way, then after trailering it home I drove it 30-40 miles before I tore the whole rig apart. Now I grind gears with my NP435 and gear banger shifter. Its still no sports car, but I'll take it any day.