Thread: How many of you drive stick?

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I always drive a manual, but I did have a whopping big (for Australian standards) Holden Statesman automatic years ago. Currently I've got an old Toyota RAV 4, and at the light on a hill I never use the handbrake, I always keep it steady on the hill with the clutch (then again it's not like 'Frisco here). A few cars ago I had an old Holden FC similar to the one below with out the wheel guards. I put some nice wide wheels on it and had the head shaved (to increase compression) and a nice lumpy cam. That had a 'three on the tree' as we call them here, a column change three speed. That was on the original engine, which I think was only 134 CI. In hindsight I should have put a 202 or a 186 in it with a four speed, but I didn't want to much around with it too much. I had to sell it almost 20 years ago to buy the house I live in now

Bitchin car!! Yeah, I know quite well what a three on the tree is, haven't come across one in years. Ya gotta admit, they did the job very well!