Anybody else like column shifters?

I personally do not like floor shifters...for manual or automatic transmissions. They are in the way if I want to have two front seat p***engers or if I need to get my head up under the dash.

I guess most of us think a floor shift is more hot roddy, though.

 

"Anybody have a part number, casting number or any info I can use to ID the Chevy 3spd trans with OD I have? Specifically, I want to see if it's a full-synchro trans or not. There's a late Chevy truck in the junk yard with 3spd manual, and it's late enough that'd it'd be full synchro. " The strong, full synchro Saginaw with OD is easy to spot because it is built in the S 4-speed case and has an undrilled boss on shift cover for a third shift arm.
I believe there is also a smaller late 3 speed with full synchro.

 

Newest one I have seen was an 86 Chev V6 pickup with 3 on the tree, bought new by a local farmer.

 

Home brewed 4 speed on the column, not mine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjkRB1Ibjj0

 

Always loved them column shifters.
I always figured I could pluck gears on a column as quick as any floor shifter, plus it frees up a whole bunch of floor space when ya' haven't got any to spare.

Sorry this old photo was already soiled before I scanned it, but this is the shifter in my Bucket, and, true to tradition, when it's in park, the shifter is the highest point of the whole car!



Bear

 

My '40 still has three on the tree. It ain't no speed shifter but plan to keep it that way. I also remember an old Saab I had back in the lat 60's. It had 4 on the tree. Worked fine.

 

Hell Yes ! ... I was a demon on the tree speed as a lad .
Short stick , cue ball and reverse pattern , so your shift for second is down and towards you ...