Classic Car Pics. Yours not yours, all things cool or not so cool.

[DoggyDaddy]

I have also Pushed Buttons 60's vs 2019 Honda

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I remember we had one of Dad's retired work cars when I was a kid. It was a Plymouth Belvedere and it had the push button transmission in the center of the steering wheel.

 

[mikek]

I have- but only 2.

In high school, my buddy (ended up being my best man) had a '63 Studebaker Lark. It's where I learned 3 on the tree:

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The second 3 on the tree I drove was an '82 Chevy pickup we took in trade at the dealership I worked at in the eraly '90s. It had the inline 6 250, the 3 on the tree, a vinyl bench, rubber floor mat and AM radio. I didn't know they were still selling the 3 on the tree in '82.

Me either and that’s a nice Lark

 

[manifest destiny]

Chevelle. Interior had custom bucket seats. The pics don't do it justice. I think I'd change the wheels if it were mine.

 

[mbkintner]

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[BigRed]

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Miss those

 

[Ironhippie]

 

[Ironhippie]

 

[gregkl]

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That AMX in the background would have been cool also!

 

[joncon]

More trucks

 

[Leo]

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My mothers '61 Falcon had column shift as well as her '67 Biscayne. Grandads Rambler was column shift. Those were my early drivers. 4 of my first 5 cars came from the factory as column shift. They were really common in the 60's cars, and least in the poor neighborhoods.

When the column linkages wore out in GM cars, and started jamming up, the cheapest (and coolest) fix was a floor shift conversion. Even JC Penny sold the "AFX" floor shift kits. Of course the "8 Ball" shifter knob was a mandatory option.

I know a lot of people who have never driven any manual transmission, let alone a column shift.

 

[jwamplerusa]

My mothers '61 Falcon had column shift as well as her '67 Biscayne. Grandads Rambler was column shift. Those were my early drivers. 4 of my first 5 cars came from the factory as column shift. They were really common in the 60's cars, and least in the poor neighborhoods.

When the column linkages wore out in GM cars, and started jamming up, the cheapest (and coolest) fix was a floor shift conversion. Even JC Penny sold the "AFX" floor shift kits. Of course the "8 Ball" shifter knob was a mandatory option.

I know a lot of people who have never driven any manual transmission, let alone a column shift.

Did exactly this to my 69 Chevy pickup truck. Column was wore out whenever I purchased it and in less than 2 years I got tired of jumping out, opening the hood, pulling the shift rods back into alignment, jumping back in and closing the door at stop lights.

My answer was a floor shift.

 

[Ironhippie]

Some of my T Bucket (Death Trap). Just crazy fast. Owned in the late 80's to early 90's. Daughters in the Bucket, sons in the Caprice.

 

[Ironhippie]

Daughter at probably around 7 or 8. Shes now 36.

 

[Ironhippie]

 

[Ironhippie]

Of course, gotta have one of me in it.

 

[Ironhippie]

Why not a couple more of my 69 Caprice 427

 

[Ironhippie]

 

[Colt556]

I have- but only 2.

In high school, my buddy (ended up being my best man) had a '63 Studebaker Lark. It's where I learned 3 on the tree:

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The second 3 on the tree I drove was an '82 Chevy pickup we took in trade at the dealership I worked at in the eraly '90s. It had the inline 6 250, the 3 on the tree, a vinyl bench, rubber floor mat and AM radio. I didn't know they were still selling the 3 on the tree in '82.

When I was in grade school my dad had a Studebaker Lark wagon. It was black with a red pleather interior. I remember going on vacation riding in the back cooking under all that glass and no AC! This was pre interstate days so it was all small highways and some of those were pretty steep and twisty going through the Smokey Mountains. I remember waiving at the truckers and trying to get them to blow their horns!

 

[Colt556]

I’ve lost all of my old photographs except for a few. This is the Scirocco I roared around in while I was in college and hitting the bars. I sure wish I had that car back as it was a blast to drive and handled like a slot car!

 

[gregkl]

Did exactly this to my 69 Chevy pickup truck. Column was wore out whenever I purchased it and in less than 2 years I got tired of jumping out, opening the hood, pulling the shift rods back into alignment, jumping back in and closing the door at stop lights.

My answer was a floor shift.

I did the same to my '69 Chevy pick up. B&M if I recall.