Six On The Tree

"djgreenlava" (greenlavaproductions) 11/07/2017 at 20:14 • Filed to: None

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I’ve never driven a manual column shift car. What’s the most gears you could buy one with?

Edit: now with photo?

interstate366, now In The Industry > djgreenlava 11/07/2017 at 20:17

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Some 80s JDM Toyotas had them with 5 gears.

bhtooefr > interstate366, now In The Industry 11/07/2017 at 20:24

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Nissan as well.

djgreenlava > bhtooefr 11/07/2017 at 20:26

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The wheel cover makes that video even better.

Matt Nichelson > bhtooefr 11/07/2017 at 20:48

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The Renault 16 could also be had with one.

punkgoose17 > djgreenlava 11/07/2017 at 21:03

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What is this vehicle that has a 6 on the tree?

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > djgreenlava 11/07/2017 at 21:07

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I remember the old Toyota Dyna work truck that had a three on the tree manual box...I cannot begin to imagine how shit having three more speeds to row through would be.

deekster_caddy > djgreenlava 11/07/2017 at 21:08

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Wow, I’ve driven a 3 on the tree F100 before and that was enough of a disaster. I can’t imagine a 4 or 5!!! I thought they stopped using them after the 70’s pickup trucks were the last holdouts. I had no idea there were newer cars with column shifters!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > djgreenlava 11/07/2017 at 21:09

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Clearly that’s a toyota but what Toyota had a 6 speed column shift

djgreenlava > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 11/07/2017 at 21:27

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I took the temporary shift knob a friend gave me off the only five speed Lexus and wedged it into the wiper stalk.

djgreenlava > punkgoose17 11/07/2017 at 21:27

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I took the temporary shift knob a friend gave me off the Lexus and placed it on the wiper stalk. 

djgreenlava > deekster_caddy 11/07/2017 at 21:29

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I thought pickups and some late Malaise GM were the only ones. Interesting to see Nissan and Toyota sedans listed.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > djgreenlava 11/07/2017 at 21:42

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Well I’m a fool. Well played. I wonder how many cars actually have that cruise control stalk.

404 - User No Longer Available > deekster_caddy 11/07/2017 at 21:44

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I think the Toyota Comfort in Japan can still be spec’ed with a 5-speed column shifter. At least a short while back in Hong Kong the LPG ones came with a column manual shifter, though the latest ones are all floor mounted 4-speed autos.

SpeedSix > deekster_caddy 11/07/2017 at 21:46

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The last three-on-the-tree in the U.S. was on the 1986 Ford F-series.

SpeedSix > djgreenlava 11/07/2017 at 21:48

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Most American cars from the 50s to the 70s had a three-on-the-tree as the base transmission if a manual was offered.

Four-on-the-trees were quite common among French cars of the same era.

pip bip - choose Corrour > djgreenlava 11/08/2017 at 03:10

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5 speed on some Toyota HiAce vans

duurtlang > interstate366, now In The Industry 11/08/2017 at 03:50

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80s French vans had them too.

Cé hé sin > djgreenlava 11/08/2017 at 04:47

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Many older Japanese vans - Hiace, Nissan Vanette and others - had five speed column changes. I haven’t heard of six but I suspect they’re out there.

I’ve failed to find an image but until the 1970s MAN trucks could be had with 13 speed column changes.

PartyPooper2012 > djgreenlava 11/08/2017 at 06:44

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Why is this a thing... you drive over some rough terrain or a pot hole.... shifter succumbs to earth’s gravitational pull and gets out of gear...

All hell breaks loose. cats and dogs living in harmony.