3 on the tree?
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: detroit area
3 on the tree?
so i'll ask this..... what is 3 on the tree.... i know it's trans shifting but is there a clutch/etc....... i'm looking at a truck and has 3 on a tree and want to understand it...
thanks
any pros/cons of it........
b
thanks
any pros/cons of it........
b
Instructor
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From: Henderson Ky
3 on the tree is slang for a 3 speed column shift vehicle. yes there is a clutch. the shifter looks the same as an auto-matic on the column would look. it shifts in an H pattern like a floor shift except it is sideways.
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I had a 15 yr old in an old work truck once. He was looking around like he lost something.
Asked him what was wrong.
He said where's the button for the window.
I pointed to the crank, he had never seen one before.
Asked him what was wrong.
He said where's the button for the window.
I pointed to the crank, he had never seen one before.
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Brings back memories!
Think back you old farts!!
My dad had a 56 Ford with three on a tree that I learned to drive on. I could back out of a driveway, push in the clutch and then shift into second and then back to first and smoke the right rear. First wasn't syncronized but you could pop it in at real low speed. If you were brave you could have your arm around your favorite girl and let her shift or you reached across the huge wheel and shift with your left hand.
My dad had a 56 Ford with three on a tree that I learned to drive on. I could back out of a driveway, push in the clutch and then shift into second and then back to first and smoke the right rear. First wasn't syncronized but you could pop it in at real low speed. If you were brave you could have your arm around your favorite girl and let her shift or you reached across the huge wheel and shift with your left hand.
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I learned to drive on my aunts chevy cargo van 3 on the tree
from the column, with a clutch, straight up ...........first
straigt down, second, up and away from you third, up & pull in twards you reverse...............FUNKY TO SAY THE LEAST mixed with manual steering & manual brakes, driving dads cutlass supreme on my road test was a breeze after that thing !!!
from the column, with a clutch, straight up ...........first
straigt down, second, up and away from you third, up & pull in twards you reverse...............FUNKY TO SAY THE LEAST mixed with manual steering & manual brakes, driving dads cutlass supreme on my road test was a breeze after that thing !!!
Burning Brakes
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I have owned 2 and they are ok until the linkage gets worn. We I was younger I would have to bring a hammer with me so when it locked up at stop lights I could pop the hood open and bang it back it to gear
Melting Slicks
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Drove many things that were 3 on the tree.
And yes Rich time stands still for no body.
. But we are still here and many can not say that.
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