Back before the standard five or six-speed manual transmission, some cars between the '50s and '80s utilized a "three-on-the-tree" transmission setup.

It turned out to be much tougher to determine the very last new car North Americans could buy with the good old three-on-the-tree column-shift manual transmission, but now I know.

Ten Last-Generation Column-Shift Manual Vehicles. Even though this transmission type, in essence, got phased out, it’s still possible to get your hands on old vehicles. And obviously, they will have ...

The "three-on-the-tree" column-mounted manual transmission shifter was, for a very long time, the most common setup in American motor vehicles. My 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe came with one, and ...