I’m This Old

[Bassin08]

Gotta love the "Three-on-the-tree!! I learned to drive in a Chevy C-10 with one and the SOB would hang up between first and second (the cams on the shift rods at the firewall would wear unevenly). But it would only do that in heavy traffic like on a Friday afternoon downtown at a red light. You'd have to shut it down, pop the hood and pull up on the shift rods. My old man finally broke down and replaced the cams after about three months!

You had a electrical red stoplight downtown? You lived in a big city!

[Rick H]

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I really miss this option!

[CDN Bass]

LOL Street signs have been the source of many a floorpan repair.....

I used plywood in a VW bug once.

[xcoach]

I miss the days of walking in a hardware store and getting a car or truck key.

[bpicinc]

I remember them well, whole lot less stuff to go wrong and easier to fix at home.

[Lil’erRed]

Where’s the AM radio or the 8track upgrade lol

[RangrSkipr]

Learned to drive in my grandpa's 55 chevy pickup with three on the tree when I was 10-11. He would sit on the front porch and watch me go back and forth up and down his long drive way for what seemed like hours. Couldn't turn around at either end so it was good backup training too.

It also had one of these by the gas pedal for those that can remember what it is

[Crappie Bob]

Me to, and I still miss those vent windows!

Yes sir, we called it our 2-60 A/C - turn them in all the way and run 60 MPH!

[LTZ25]

Forgot the floor starter and light dimmer button.

Yep one of my better predictions was that dimmer switches on the turn signal lever would never replace the floor button .

[TampaJim]

[T. Hill]

3 on the tree

[rednecktech]

The only thing that was before my time was the floor starter button. Everything else, had it and miss it, especially the floor dimmer. Learned to drive in a 70 Chevy truck with the 3 on the tree. It was pretty reliable, never got hung up on me. My first job as a 'yard man' at an apartment complex also required me to be a gopher.....driving a wore out 68 GMC with a 3 on the tree. It would hang up all the time between 1st and second. I learned to go from first, almost to reverse and let go of the shifter. It would fall in the gate, then you could move it to second.

[ttranger]

Yup, AM radios and vent windows.

[Stingray23]

Better times

[Yakalong]

My 1st truck was a 76 chevy with a 3 on three the tree

[n_gong]

Don't forget the manual choke!, remember pulling the knob out on the dash to get her running?
Yeah, we are old !

[250bassFL]

1967 baby.
Only feel twice as old!

[Bassmeister]

Drove an old Hilman Minx with 4 on the tree....to reverse you had to shift in neutral push down and then pull down for reverse......

[Ranger354]

Learned to drive in my grandpa's 55 chevy pickup with three on the tree when I was 10-11. He would sit on the front porch and watch me go back and forth up and down his long drive way for what seemed like hours. Couldn't turn around at either end so it was good backup training too.

It also had one of these by the gas pedal for those that can remember what it is

That would have been the starter button. Turned the switch on and pressed the started with your toe, while giving it some gas with your heel.

[ChampioNman]

Drove an old Hilman Minx with 4 on the tree....to reverse you had to shift in neutral push down and then pull down for reverse......

Like the VW bugs of their time.